| 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 |
| 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: | moralize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | preach |
Synonyms: |
admonish, edify, lecture, pass judgment, pontificate, pontify, preachify, sermonize, teach |
| Main Entry: | orate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak |
Synonyms: |
address, expound, grandstand, lecture, moralize, pontificate, preach, sermonize, talk, vociferate |
| Main Entry: | spout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk forcefully |
Synonyms: |
boast, brag, chatter, declaim, expatiate, go on, gush, harangue, hold forth, orate, pontificate, ramble, rant, sermonize, shoot off one's mouth, speechify, spellbind, spiel, vapor, yell |
Antonyms: |
be quiet |
| Main Entry: | swagger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show off; walk pompously |
Synonyms: |
bluster, boast, brag, brandish, bully, cock, flourish, gasconade, gloat, grandstand, hector, look big, lord, parade, parade one's wares, peacock, play to the crowd, pontificate, prance, put on, put on airs, sashay, saunter, strut, swank, swashbuckle, sway, sweep, swell |
| Main Entry: | sermonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | moralize |
Synonyms: |
admonish, edify, evangelize, lecture, pass judgment, pontificate, pontify, preach, preachify, teach |