| Main Entry: | sermonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | moralize |
Synonyms: |
admonish, edify, evangelize, lecture, pass judgment, pontificate, pontify, preach, preachify, 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | preach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak publicly about beliefs |
Synonyms: |
address, deliver, deliver sermon, evangelize, exhort, give sermon, homilize, inform, minister, mission, missionary, orate, prophesy, pulpiteer, sermonize, talk, teach |
| Main Entry: | preach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lecture, moralize |
Synonyms: |
admonish, advocate, blow, exhort, get on a soapbox, harangue, pile it on, preachify, sermonize, talk big, urge |
| Main Entry: | speak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | address; give a lecture |
Synonyms: |
argue, declaim, descant, discourse, get across, harangue, hold forth, orate, pitch, plead, prelect, recite, sermonize, spiel*, spout, stump, talk |
| Notes: | say, speak, and tell are near synonyms, but say is usually followed by a statement or words actually uttered |
Antonyms: |
listen |
| 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 |