| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | platform |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political stance, promises |
Synonyms: |
manifesto, objectives, party line, plank, policy, principle, program, soapbox, stump, tenets |
| Main Entry: | podium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | structure from which speakers orate |
Synonyms: |
dais, platform, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox, stage, stump |
| Notes: | a lectern is the stand on which the speaker's notes are placed, the podium is the platform on which the speaker and lectern stand, a platform for several people is a dais, and a rostrum is a platform for one or more |
| Main Entry: | profess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare, assert |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, act as if, admit, affirm, allege, announce, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, blow hot air, certify, claim, come out, confess, confirm, constate, croon, cross heart, depose, dissemble, fake, feign, get off chest, get on soapbox, maintain, make out, open up, own, own up, predicate, pretend, proclaim, purport, say so, sing*, soapbox, spiel*, spout, state, stump, swear on bible, swear up and down, talk big, vouch |
Antonyms: |
conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | pulpit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | structure from which sermon is given |
Synonyms: |
desk, lectern, platform, podium, rostrum, soapbox, stage, stump |
| 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 |