Synonyms of the word

preach

• v. (intransitive) To give a sermon.
• v. (transitive) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
• v. (transitive) To advise or recommend earnestly.
• v. (transitive) To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
• n. (obsolete) A religious discourse.

advocate

• n. Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
• n. Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
• n. A person who speaks in support of something.
• n. A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
• v. (transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support,…
• v. (transitive) To encourage support for something.
• v. (intransitive, with for) To engage in advocacy.

exhort

• v. To urge; to advise earnestly.

lecture

• n. A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
• n. A berating or scolding.
• n. (obsolete) The act of reading.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.
• v. (transitive) To preach, to berate, to scold.

press

• n. (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
• n. (countable) A printing machine.
• n. (uncountable) A collective term for the print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
• n. (countable) A publisher.
• n. (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
• n. (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the…
• n. (countable, wagering) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager…
• n. (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
• n. A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
• n. (obsolete) A crowd.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight.
• v. (transitive) to compress, squeeze.
• v. (transitive) to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug.
• v. (transitive) to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
• v. (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding,…
• v. (transitive) to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) to weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
• v. (transitive) to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel.
• v. To try to force (something upon someone); to urge or inculcate.
• v. (transitive) to hasten, urge onward.
• v. (transitive) to urge, beseech, entreat.
• v. (transitive) to lay stress upon, emphasize.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) to throng, crowd.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) to print.
• v. To force into service, particularly into naval service.

prophesy

• v. To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet.
• v. To predict, to foretell.
• v. To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
• v. (intransitive, Christianity) To speak out on the Bible as an expression of holy inspiration; to preach.

talk

• n. A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
• n. A lecture.
• n. (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion.
• n. (preceded by the) A customary conversation by parent(s) or guardian(s) with their (often teenaged) child…
• n. (uncountable, not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims.
• n. Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
• v. (transitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
• v. (transitive, informal) To discuss.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To confess, especially implicating others.
• v. (intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
• v. (intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal.

urge

• n. A strong desire; an itch to do something.
• v. (transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
• v. (transitive) To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
• v. (transitive) To provoke; to exasperate.
• v. (transitive) To press hard upon; to follow closely.
• v. (transitive) To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.
• v. (transitive) To press onward or forward.
• v. (transitive) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.