Antonyms for lecture
ˈlɛk tʃərlec·ture

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1. lecture, public lecture, talknoun

   a speech that is open to the public

   "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"

   Synonyms:
   talking to, lecturing, talk of the town, public lecture, talking, talk, speech

2. lecture, speech, talking tonoun

   a lengthy rebuke

   "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"

   Synonyms:
   manner of speaking, spoken communication, talk, delivery, lecturing, actor's line, talking to, speech communication, words, voice communication, oral communication, public lecture, address, language, spoken language, speech

3. lecture, lecturingverb

   teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

   Synonyms:
   talk, speech, talking to, public lecture, lecturing

4. lecture, talkverb

   deliver a lecture or talk

   "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

   Synonyms:
   bawl out, verbalize, lambast, babble, verbalise, take to task, spill, reproof, jaw, reprimand, rebuke, utter, chew out, chide, peach, tattle, lambaste, mouth, trounce, blab out, berate, have words, chew up, call down, blab, talk, let the cat out of the bag, dress down, speak, scold, remonstrate, rag, babble out, sing, spill the beans, call on the carpet

5. call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambastverb

   censure severely or angrily

   "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

   Synonyms:
   manducate, get at, reproof, censure, chide, bait, rile, lash, dun, cod, razz, chit-chat, crucify, grouch, bedevil, reprimand, lambaste, devil, gossip, get to, tantalise, frustrate, annoy, criminate, chew out, yap away, beat, arouse, cane, trounce, tease, taunt, bring up, slash, berate, raise, conjure, nark, natter, grumble, rag, crush, confab, rattle on, torment, ride, chew up, irritate, tantalize, underdress, strap, chew, rally, claver, flog, remonstrate, chat, vanquish, yack, chitchat, whip, confabulate, call forth, jaw, talk, rebuke, invoke, nettle, vex, call down, evoke, lambast, yack away, bother, gravel, shoot the breeze, stir, take to task, chaffer, welt, lather, bawl out, point out, dress down, visit, call on the carpet, twit, masticate, chatter, beat out, have words, chew the fat, chafe, scold, shell, conjure up, put forward

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1. lecturenoun

   Synonyms:
   discourse, address, dissertation, prelection, reproof, scolding

2. lectureverb

   Synonyms:
   discourse, address, reprove, censure, rate, upbraid, scold

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How to use lecture in a sentence?

1. Mitch McConnell:

   Look, all of this puts the cart before the horse, you need, it seems to me, a lecture to concentrate on what the news is today. Not a leaked draft. But the fact that the draft was leaked.

2. Ira Carmen:

   If you're Scalia, what's the first thing you do? Lecture the other members of the Court.

3. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu:

   No one has a right to lecture Turkey on what it should be doing.

4. Charles Caleb Colton:

   He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.

5. David Placek:

   It reminds me of a lecture on advertising during which a question was asked,' How do you get someone's attention ?' You show them a naked woman.' while [ the ad ] does push the envelope, the problem with this strategy is that it takes away from the actual product.

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