Englishlecture
noun
1 a lecture on children's literature:
speech, talk, address, discourse, disquisition, presentation, oration, lesson, recitation, monologue, sermon, homily.
2 Dad got a severe lecture for wasting his money:
scolding, chiding, reprimand, rebuke, reproof, reproach, remonstration, upbraiding, berating, castigation, tirade, diatribe, harangue, admonition, admonishment, lambasting, obloquy;
informal dressing-down, telling-off, talking-to, tongue-lashing;
British, informal rocket, wigging.
▷antonyms commendation, pat on the back.
verb
1 he visited schools to lecture on the dangers of drugs:
give a lecture, give a talk, talk, give a speech, make a speech, speak, give an address, discourse, expound, hold forth, declaim, expatiate, give a sermon, sermonize, pontificate;
informal speechify, preachify, spout, jaw, sound off, spiel, drone on.
2 she lectures in Communications at Dublin University:
teach, tutor in, instruct in, give instruction in, give lessons in.
3 he was lectured by the headmaster in front of the whole school:
scold, chide, reprimand, rebuke, reprove, reproach, remonstrate with, upbraid, berate, castigate, chastise, admonish, lambast, nag, haul over the coals, take to task, read someone the Riot Act;
informal give someone a dressing-down, give someone a talking-to, tell off;
British, informal tick off, carpet;
North American, informal bawl out.
lecture Oxford Dictionary of English