All orate synonyms

verb orate

• speak — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
• lecture — a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
• speechify — to make a speech or speeches; harangue.
• take the floor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
• discourse — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
• hold forth — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• preach — to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
• declaim — If you declaim, you speak dramatically, as if you were acting in a theatre.
• pronounce — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
• moralise — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
• moralize — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
• sermonise — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
• sermonize — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
• rant — to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours.
• address — Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
• expound — Present and explain (a theory or idea) systematically and in detail.
• grandstand — the main seating area of a stadium, racetrack, parade route, or the like, usually consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats.
• pontificate — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
• talk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
• vociferate — say loudly