| Main Entry: | lecture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lesson, speech |
Synonyms: |
address, allocution, chalk talk, discourse, disquisition, harangue, instruction, oration, pep talk, pitch*, soapbox, spiel*, talk |
| Main Entry: | lecture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speech of criticism |
Synonyms: |
castigation, censure, chiding, dressing-down, going-over, harangue, moralism, preaching, preachment, rebuke, reprimand, reproof, scolding, sermon, talking-to, telling off |
| Main Entry: | lecture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give a lesson, speech |
Synonyms: |
address, declaim, deliver, discourse, expound, get on a soapbox, give a talk, harangue, hold forth, orate, prelect, recite, speak, spiel*, spout, talk, teach |
| Main Entry: | lecture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize lengthily |
Synonyms: |
admonish, berate, chide, exprobate, flay, give going-over, give piece of mind, moralize, preach, rank on, rate, reprimand, reprove, scold, sermonize, tell off |
Antonyms: |
praise |
| Main Entry: | address |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speech given to formal gathering |
Synonyms: |
chalk talk, discourse, dissertation, lecture, oration, pep talk, pitch, sermon, soapbox, spiel*, talk |
| Main Entry: | address |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak to a formal gathering |
Synonyms: |
approach, bespeak, call, deliver speech, deliver talk, discourse, discuss, get on a soapbox, give speech, give talk, greet, hail, lecture, memorialize, orate, pitch, pontificate, root for, sermonize, spiel*, spout, stump, take the floor, talk |
| Main Entry: | censure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn; criticize severely |
Synonyms: |
abuse, admonish, animadvert, asperse, attack, backbite, berate, blame, carp at, castigate, cavil, chastise, chide, contemn, cut up, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, disapprove, discipline, disparage, exprobate, find fault with, get after, impugn, incriminate, judge, knock, lecture, look askance, ostracize, pick apart, pull apart, read out, rebuff, rebuke, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, take to task, tear apart, tell off, upbraid |
| Notes: | to censor is to disallow portions or the entireties of books, plays, etc. on the grounds that they transgress propriety, 'to scrutinize, revise, or cut,' expurgate or suppress; to censure is to criticize vehemently or harshly, or condemn |
Antonyms: |
allow, approve, compliment, endorse, laud, permit, sanction |
| Main Entry: | course |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan of study |
Synonyms: |
class, conference, curriculum, discussion group, interest, laboratory, lecture, matriculation, meeting, method, period, preparation, procedure, program, regimen, schedule, seminar, session, speciality, subject |
| Main Entry: | declaim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | proclaim; get on a soapbox |
Synonyms: |
attack, bloviate, blow hot air, declare, decry, denounce, harangue, hold forth, inveigh, lecture, mouth, orate, perorate, pile it on, proclaim, rail, rant, recite, soapbox, speak, spiel*, spout, talk big |
| Main Entry: | direct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give instructions; teach |
Synonyms: |
address, advise, bid, charge, command, deliver, dictate, enjoin, give directions, give orders, inform, instruct, lecture, order, read, tell, warn |
Antonyms: |
misguide, mislead |