Synonyms of discourses

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noun

plural of discourse

as in conversations

talking or a talk between two or more people

Thomas Jefferson is said to have been able to participate in knowledgeable discourse on a breathtaking array of subjects

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conversations
• discussions
• converses
• exchanges
• dialogues
• dialogs
• chats
• debates
• colloquies
• banters
• symposiums
• repartees
• railleries
• symposia
• chaff
• babbles
• conferences
• round tables
• small talk
• persiflages
• cross fires
• prattles
• prates
• roundtables
• confabulations
• gabfests
• table talk
• chatter
• parleys
• deliberations
• palavers
• raps
• natters
• round-robins
• gossip
• chitchats
• give-and-takes
• chin-wag

discourses

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verb

present tense third-person singular of discourse

1

as in lectures

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject

the guest lecturer discoursed at some length on the long-term results of the war

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lectures
• speaks
• talks
• harangues
• expatiates
• declaims
• orates
• descants
• holds forth
• takes the floor
• soliloquizes
• sermonizes
• expounds
• mouths
• pontificates
• recites
• disserts
• spouts
• filibusters

2

as in harangues

to talk as if giving an important and formal speech

grandly discoursed as though he were an expert on every subject

Synonyms & Similar Words

• harangues
• speaks
• mouths (off)
• declaims
• talks
• lectures
• orates
• perorates
• rants
• preaches
• announces
• raves
• broadcasts
• proclaims
• sermonizes
• pronounces
• advertises
• bloviates
• declares
• blows
• speechifies