| Main Entry: | perorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harangue |
Synonyms: |
address, declaim, expatiate, lecture, orate, speak |
| Main Entry: | perorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | summarize |
Synonyms: |
conclude, epitomize, sum up |
| Main Entry: | perorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deliver speech |
Synonyms: |
address, declaim, lecture, orate, rant, speak |
| 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: | end |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to an end |
Synonyms: |
abolish, abort, accomplish, achieve, break off, break up, call it a day, call off, cease, close, close out, complete, conclude, consummate, crown, culminate, cut short, delay, determine, discontinue, dispose of, dissolve, drop, expire, finish, get done, give up, halt, interrupt, pack it in, perorate, postpone, pull the plug, put the lid on, quit, relinquish, resolve, settle, sew up, shut down, stop, switch off, terminate, top off, ultimate, wind up, wrap, wrap up |
Antonyms: |
begin, commence, create, start |
| 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: | rant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yell, rave |
Synonyms: |
bellow, bloviate, blow one's top, bluster, carry on, clamor, cry, declaim, fume, harangue, mouth, objurgate, orate, perorate, rage, rail, roar, scold, shout, sizzle, soapbox, sound off, spiel*, spout, storm*, stump, take on*, vociferate |
Antonyms: |
be quiet |
| Main Entry: | rave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk endlessly |
Synonyms: |
babble, be delirious, bloviate, blow one's top, carry on*, come unglued, declaim, flip one's lid, freak out, fume, gabble, go ape, go bananas, go crazy, go mad, harangue, jabber, make a to-do, mouth, orate, perorate, prate, prattle, rage, rail, rant, rattle on, roar, run amuck, splutter, storm, talk wildly, thunder, wander |
| Main Entry: | speak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk |
Synonyms: |
allege, articulate, assert, aver, blab, break silence, chat, chew*, communicate, converse, convey, declare, deliver, descant, discourse, drawl, enunciate, expatiate, express, gab, gas*, go*, jaw, lip, make known, make public, modulate, mouth, mumble, murmur, mutter, open one's mouth, perorate, pop off, pronounce, put into words, rap, say, shout, sound, speak one's piece, spiel*, spill, state, tell, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper, yak, yakkety-yak, yammer |
| Notes: | say, speak, and tell are near synonyms, but say is usually followed by a statement or words actually uttered |
Antonyms: |
be quiet, listen |