Synonyms for discourse
ˈdɪs kɔrs, -koʊrs, dɪsˈkɔrs, -ˈkoʊrs; dɪsˈkɔrs, -ˈkoʊrs

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. discourse(noun)

   extended verbal expression in speech or writing

   Synonyms:
   discussion, sermon, treatment, preaching

2. sermon, discourse, preaching(noun)

   an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

   Synonyms:
   discussion, sermon, treatment, preaching

3. discussion, treatment, discourse(verb)

   an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic

   "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"

   Synonyms:
   sermon, handling, discussion, word, give-and-take, treatment, preaching, intervention

4. discourse, talk about, discuss(verb)

   to consider or examine in speech or writing

   "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'"

   Synonyms:
   talk over, converse, talk of, hash out, hold forth, dissertate, discuss, talk about

5. converse, discourse(verb)

   carry on a conversation

   Synonyms:
   discuss, talk about, converse, dissertate, hold forth

6. hold forth, discourse, dissertate(verb)

   talk at length and formally about a topic

   "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England"

   Synonyms:
   discuss, talk about, converse, dissertate, hold forth

Wiktionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. discourse(noun)

   Verbal exchange, conversation.

   Synonyms:
   conversation, discussion, debate, converse, talk

2. discourse(noun)

   To write or speak formally and at length.

   Synonyms:
   communication, expression

3. discourse(noun)

   To debate.

   Synonyms:
   treatise, lecture, study, dissertation

4. discourse(noun)

   Any rational expression, reason.

   Synonyms:
   rationcination

English Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. discourse

   Conversation (Latin con, with) is, etymologically, an interchange of ideas with some other person or persons. Talk may be wholly one-sided. Many brilliant talkers have been incapable of conversation. There may be intercourse without conversation, as by looks, signs, etc.; communion is of hearts, with or without words; communication is often by writing, and may be uninvited and unreciprocated. Talk may denote the mere utterance of words with little thought; thus, we say idle talk, empty talk, rather than idle or empty conversation. Discourse is now applied chiefly to public addresses. A conference is more formal than a conversation. Dialog denotes ordinarily an artificial or imaginary conversation, generally of two persons, but sometimes of more. A colloquy is indefinite as to number, and generally somewhat informal. Compare BEHAVIOR.

   Synonyms:
   chat, colloquy, communication, communion, confabulation, conference, conversation, converse, dialogue, intercourse, parley, talk

   Preposition:
   Conversation with friends; between or among the guests; about a matter.

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. discourse(n.)

   Synonyms:
   [rare.] reason, reasoning faculty

2. discourse(n.)

   Synonyms:
   dissertation, treatise, disquisition, homily, sermon

3. discourse(n.)

   Synonyms:
   conversation, talk, oral communication, verbal intercourse

4. discourse(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   speak, expatiate, hold forth, deliver a discourse

5. discourse(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   talk, converse, parley, confer, advise, hold a conversation, hold a parley or conference, talk together

6. discourse(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   utter, emit, give forth

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. discourse(n)

   Synonyms:
   dissertation, address, disquisition, oration, harangue, speech

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "discourse":

   speech, speeches, rhetoric, discourses, discours, al-khattab, debate, address

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How to use discourse in a sentence?

1. Rob Manwaring:

   There has been a backlash from men who don't understand notions of white privilege, the systematic power they have that is afforded to them, there's a changing discourse there, david Leyonhjelm is a flagbearer of the backlash.

2. Miguel de Cervantes:

   Be brief, for no discourse can please when too long.

3. Samuel Johnson:

   Be not too hasty to trust or admire the teachers of morality they discourse like angels, but they live like men.

4. Alan Perwiranda:

   I have started to limit my travel because the tickets are really expensive, i think what the government is doing is not helpful at all. Everything is just discourse and there is no concrete evidence of any change.

5. Dan Crenshaw:

   Let's allow ourselves to then move past it, and that's what we wanted to do -- try and be part of the solution, not be part of the problem in this back and forth that we constantly see... whether it's comedic discourse, political discourse.

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