Lecture Adjective Synonyms
reproof, reprimand, rebuke, criticism, censure, reproach, scolding, upbraiding, chiding, berating, tongue-lashing, remonstration, dressing-down, telling-off, wigging, chewing-out
I had to listen to another lecture about staying out late.
Lecture Noun Synonyms
speech, address, talk, discourse, disquisition, treatise, dissertation, paper, lesson, instruction, sermon, declamation, harangue, diatribe, philippic, screed
The preacher delivered a lecture on the evils of drink.
reprove, reprimand, rebuke, reproach, scold, upbraid, berate, chide, tongue-lash, remonstrate with, rail at, fulminate against, admonish, warn, dress down, tell off, send (someone) away or off with a flea in his or her ear, wig
She is always lecturing me about keeping my room tidy.
make or deliver or give a speech or address or talk, discourse, sermonize, hold forth, moralize, pontificate, orate, preach, declaim, expound, go on about, harangue
She lectures on Chinese art of the 18th century. He insists on lecturing to everyone he meets.
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Entertainment / Literature / Mock Sermon: A medieval genre commonly known as 'une sermon joyeux' or 'une sermon jolie,' the conventions are that a non-clerical figure will present a humorous lecture on a non-religious topic (sexuality and foo MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Eucatastrophe: (Grk. Eu+catastrophe, 'happy or fortunate ending') As Christopher Garbowski describes in the J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia, Tolkien coined this term in his Andrew Lang Lecture entitled 'On Fairy-stories MORE