Synonyms for sermon
ˈsɜr mənser·mon

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1. sermon

   Speech is the general word for utterance of thought in language. A speech may be the delivering of one's sentiments in the simplest way; an oration is an elaborate and prepared speech; a harangue is a vehement appeal to passion, or a speech that has something disputatious and combative in it. A discourse is a set speech on a definite subject, intended to convey instruction. Compare CONVERSATION; DICTION; LANGUAGE.

   Synonyms:
   address, address, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, harangue, language, oration, oratory, speaking, speech, talk, utterance

   Antonyms:
   hush, silence, speechlessness, stillness, taciturnity

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1. sermon, discourse, preachingnoun

   an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

   Synonyms:
   discussion, discourse, treatment, preaching

2. sermon, preachingnoun

   a moralistic rebuke

   "your preaching is wasted on him"

   Synonyms:
   discourse, preaching

Matched Categories

1. • Lecture

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1. sermonnoun

   Synonyms:
   homily, exhortation, religious discourse

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1. sermonnoun

   Synonyms:
   homily, exhortation (religious), discourse

   Associated words:
   homiletics, homiletic, homilist

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1. List of paraphrases for "sermon":

   knute, lecture, soapbox, prayers, preaching, speech, betrothal

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1. Chip Davis:

   I listened to that sermon Easter Sunday, and it sort of hurt me a little bit.

2. Mark Twain:

   Few sinners are saved after the fiirst twenty minutes of a sermon.

3. Ramesh Maharaj:

   I was unable to read from the Scriptures and do my sermon, i could have done my sermon, but from memory.

4. Steven Stalinsky:

   He spoke in English and then he goes into Arabic, then people say, ‘It was in reaction to something Israel did, so that justifies it.’ But in the sermon he didn’t mention exterminating Israelis. He said Jews.

5. Justice Potter Stewart:

   The right to defy an unconstitutional statute is basic in our scheme. Even when an ordinance requires a permit to make a speech, to deliver a sermon, to picket, to parade, or to assemble, it need not be honored when it’s invalid on its face.