Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lecturing
1 sense of lecturing
Sense 1
lecture, lecturing -- (teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class))
=> teaching, instruction, pedagogy -- (the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb lecture
2 senses of lecture
Sense 1
lecture, talk -- (deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?")
=> teach, learn, instruct -- (impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat")
Sense 2
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, lambast -- (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")
=> knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart -- (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free")