| Main Entry: | harangue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | long lecture |
Synonyms: |
address, chewing out, declamation, diatribe, discourse, exhortation, hassle, jeremiad, oration, philippic, reading out, screed, sermon, speech, spiel*, spouting, tirade |
| Main Entry: | harangue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give a long lecture |
Synonyms: |
accost, address, apostrophize, buttonhole, chew out, declaim, exhort, get on a soapbox, go on about, hold forth, orate, perorate, rant, rave, soapbox, spiel*, spout, stump, talk to, yell at |
| 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: | discourse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discuss, speak about |
Synonyms: |
argue, chew*, comment, commentate, confab, confer, converse, debate, declaim, descant, develop, dilate upon, dispute, dissert, dissertate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, explain, expound, give a meeting, harangue, hold forth, lecture, modulate, orate, perorate, remark, sermonize, talk, treat, voice |
Antonyms: |
be quiet |
| 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: | monologue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speech by one person |
Synonyms: |
address, descant, discourse, disquisition, harangue, lecture, sermon, soliloquy, speech, stand-up bit, talk |
| Notes: | monologue comes from Greek and soliloquy from Latin, but both mean 'speaking alone' |
Antonyms: |
dialogue |
| Main Entry: | oration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speech |
Synonyms: |
address, chalk talk, declamation, discourse, harangue, homily, lecture, pep talk, pitch*, sermon, soapbox, spiel* |
Antonyms: |
print, writing |
| Main Entry: | pontificate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sermonize |
Synonyms: |
address, admonish, dogmatize, evangelize, get on a soapbox, give sermon, harangue, lecture, minister, moralize, preach, pulpiteer, teach |