Synonyms of lecture

lecture 1 of 2

verb

1

as in to scold

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings

the frustrated manager lectured the waitstaff about its poor level of service

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scold
• reprimand
• blame
• criticize
• call down
• berate
• rail (at or against)
• chew out
• jaw
• mock
• ream (out)
• rag
• dress down
• rant (at)
• bawl out
• upbraid
• attack
• rebuke
• admonish
• lay into
• fault
• chastise
• rate
• reproach
• castigate
• score
• flay
• keelhaul
• tongue-lash
• read the riot act (to)
• lambaste
• hammer
• take to task
• baste
• harangue
• remonstrate (with)
• chide
• condemn
• censure
• knock
• denounce
• slam
• reprove
• blast
• lash
• excoriate
• pan
• ridicule
• scourge
• revile
• abuse
• crucify
• lace (into)
• scorn
• disparage
• scoff
• reprehend
• assail
• vituperate
• belittle
• dis
• bad-mouth
• put down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approve
• endorse
• sanction
• praise
• extol
• laud

2

as in to speak

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject

a physician who has lectured before countless audiences on the importance of diet and exercise in avoiding heart disease

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speak
• talk
• discourse
• harangue
• expatiate
• declaim
• orate
• hold forth
• take the floor
• descant
• sermonize
• soliloquize
• expound
• recite
• pontificate
• mouth
• dissert
• spout
• filibuster

lecture

2 of 2

noun

as in sermon

Related Words

• sermon
• lesson
• speech
• exhortation
• recommendation
• data
• information
• suggestion
• feedback
• solution
• tip
• pointer
• answer
• consideration
• teaching
• thought
• briefing
• observation
• hint
• warning
• instruction
• advisement
• verdict
• assistance
• expostulation
• remonstration
• tutoring
• forewarning
• alert
• mentoring
• remonstrance
• coaching
• alarm
• judgment
• priming
• cautioning
• prompting
• direction
• caution
• urging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lecture

Verb

Often, the pincher is in the company of an elder who lectures to her. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

The bald guy lecturing me on how to get the money looked real enough, but the question of his true being kept rattling around my increasingly paranoid mind. — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026

Noun

In the time since the encampment organizers folded up their tents, the fight has moved from the quad to the classroom, from a protest anyone could see to a comment in a lecture or a line in a syllabus. — Jonathan Greenblatt, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026

With each passing horse and occasional lecture to move farther off the trail, the novelty, and romance, wore off. — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 23 Sep. 2026