Need another word that means the same as “preach”? Find 29 synonyms and 30 related words for “preach” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Preach” are: prophesy, advocate, give a sermon, deliver a sermon, sermonize, spread the gospel, evangelize, address, speak, proclaim, teach, spread, propagate, expound, explain, make known, recommend, advise, urge, exhort, counsel, champion, inculcate, instil, moralize, be moralistic, pontificate, lecture, harangue
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “preach” as a verb can have the following definitions:
address | Write the name and address of the intended recipient on an envelope letter or parcel. Address your complaints to the Trading Standards Board. |
advise | Make a proposal, declare a plan for something. I advised him to go home. |
advocate | Speak, plead, or argue in favor of. The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house. |
be moralistic | Happen, occur, take place. |
champion | Protect or fight for as a champion. He championed the rights of the working class and the poor. |
counsel | Give professional help and advice to (someone) to resolve personal or psychological problems. Careers officers should counsel young people in making their career decisions. |
deliver a sermon | Utter (an exclamation, noise, etc. |
evangelize | Preach the gospel (to. Some small groups have been evangelized by Protestant missionaries. |
exhort | Strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something. Come on you guys exhorted Linda. |
explain | Make (an idea or situation) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts. They explained that their lives centred on the religious rituals. |
expound | Present and explain (a theory or idea) in detail. The abbess expounded the scriptures to her nuns. |
give a sermon | Give food to. |
harangue | Deliver a harangue to address forcefully. He harangued the public on their ignorance. |
inculcate | Teach (someone) an attitude, idea, or habit by persistent instruction. They will try to inculcate you with a respect for culture. |
instil | Gradually but firmly establish (an idea or attitude) in a person’s mind. The standards her parents had instilled into her. |
lecture | Give a lecture to a class or other audience. Did you ever lecture at Harvard. |
make known | Undergo fabrication or creation. |
moralize | Comment on issues of right and wrong, typically with an unfounded air of superiority. Moralize a story. |
pontificate | Administer a pontifical office. The new professor always pontificates. |
proclaim | Say something emphatically; declare. He had a rolling gait that proclaimed him a man of the sea. |
propagate | Cause to propagate as by grafting or layering. Sound and light propagate in this medium. |
prophesy | Deliver a sermon. Jacques was prophesying a bumper harvest. |
recommend | Make attractive or acceptable. A book I recommended to a friend of mine. |
sermonize | Deliver an opinionated and dogmatic talk to someone. This man always sermonizes. |
speak | (of a musical instrument or other object) make a sound when functioning. I ll speak to him if he calls. |
spread | Spread across or over. He sighed spreading jam on a croissant. |
spread the gospel | Cover by spreading something over. |
teach | Work as a teacher. She teaches at the local high school. |
urge | Force or impel in an indicated direction. Drawing up outside the house he urged her inside. |
altar | The table in Christian churches where communion is given. |
apostle | An important early Christian teacher or pioneering missionary. An apostle of revolution. |
baptismal | Of or relating to baptism. We will renew our baptismal vows. |
catholic | Of or relating to or supporting Catholicism. Her tastes are pretty catholic. |
christian | Relating to or characteristic of Christianity. |
confessional | Relating to confessions of faith or doctrinal systems. The priest leaned forward in his best confessional manner. |
dais | A low platform for a lectern or throne. |
doctrine | A stated principle of government policy, mainly in foreign or military affairs. The doctrine of predestination. |
epistle | A specially long, formal letter. Activists firing off angry epistles. |
evangelist | The writer of one of the four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John. A local evangelist working with a youth mission. |
exposition | A systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic. A systematic exposition of the idea of biodiversity. |
foretell | Predict (the future or a future event. A seer had foretold that the earl would assume the throne. |
homiletics | The branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies. |
homily | A tedious moralizing lecture. She delivered her homily about the need for patience. |
lectern | Desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer. |
martyr | Torture and torment like a martyr. I m a martyr to migraine. |
missionary | Relating to or characteristic of a missionary or a religious mission. Our taxi driver shared a sense of missionary zeal with us. |
oratory | (in the Roman Catholic Church) a society of priests without vows, especially the Oratory of St Philip Neri founded in 1564. He loved the sound of his own oratory. |
ordination | The act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders. The ordination of women. |
podium | Of a competitor in a sporting event finish first second or third so as to appear on a podium to receive an award. I took the score out of my briefcase and put it on the podium. |
priesthood | The body of ordained religious practitioners. There was relief among the Anglican priesthood. |
prophesy | Predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration. Jacques was prophesying a bumper harvest. |
prophet | In Christian use the books of Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Daniel and the twelve minor prophets. He is repeatedly hailed as a prophet of modernism. |
pulpit | Religious teaching as expressed in sermons. Many ministers delivered political guidance from their pulpits. |
recitation | Systematic training by multiple repetitions. The history of an organization is more important than the recitation of details like this. |
rostrum | A raised platform supporting a film or television camera. These beetles are very easily recognized by the rostrum or beak. |
seer | An expert who provides forecasts of the economic or political future. Our seers have grown gloomier about prospects for growth. |
seminary | A college that trains students to be priests, rabbis, or ministers. |
sermon | A long or tedious piece of admonition or reproof; a lecture. I preached my first sermon on original sin. |
stump | Remove tree stumps from. Detectives are stumped for a reason for the attack. |
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