Thesaurus results for PREACHING

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noun

as in teaching

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preaching

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verb

present participle of preach

as in evangelizing

to deliver a sermon a minister who loves to preach

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Recent Examples of preaching

Noun

But Hahn, who rediscovered her own evangelical Christian roots decades after PTL, said her opinion changed later after a deeper viewing of the show and of Bakker’s preaching about the End Times. — Tim Funk, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026 Falwell’s preaching struck me as the antithesis of those values. — Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026 Worship centers on prayer, the reading and preaching of scripture, congregational singing, and the celebration of the Eucharist. — Stephanie Triplettall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026 In those days, there were divinity-school students from Yale, Andover, and Amherst preaching abolition and establishing schools throughout the frontier. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026 Watch for intense preaching or over-defending beliefs. — Usa Today, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026 There’s no outright preaching, no plea to condemn or sympathize either way. — David Opie, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026 My mother got fed up with my nonstop preaching. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026 The high court unanimously ruled in the case of Gabriel Olivier, who says his religious and free speech rights were violated when he was arrested for refusing to move his preaching away from a suburban amphitheater. — ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026

Verb

Randle, 31, shares that goal, preaching from his very first post-trade media availability that the Nets plan on winning this season, not just grooming their young core for future. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026 Weltman has been preaching patience, development and health for years. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 The family traveled around the country preaching and soliciting donations, and when Gortner was 16, his father absconded with what was reported to be $3 million in donations. — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026 Alpert, now Ram Dass, returned from India in white robes and bare feet, preaching and writing about consciousness. — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026 Christen is fully committed to practicing rather than preaching. — Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026 Instead, they were radicalized in place through exposure to news reporting, online propaganda, preaching, and the fellowship of like-minded individuals. — Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026 Jeffries, a cautious Brooklynite poised to become speaker, must juggle fiery progressives, restive moderates and backlash over a Jared Kushner meeting while preaching Pelosi-style discipline and teamwork. — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Graham used his influence widely and was accustomed to preaching in peculiar settings. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for preaching

Noun

Schools agree to a statement of faith, including that same-sex relationships and gender transitions are off-limits, but families may not be aware of Wilson’s teachings or influence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Whole schools are emerging that are AI-based, and virtual AI tutors are allegedly personalizing instruction and making teaching and learning more efficient and effective.

— Kamau Bobb October 21, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of teaching

Noun

His apocalyptic sermons taught that his followers and their children should starve themselves to death to get into heaven before the end of the world, per Reuters.

— Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2026
Bakker offered upbeat sermons and Tammy Faye, charismatic and always wearing her trademark heavy mascara, sang.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of sermon

Noun

The moralizing that Baitz funnels through Trip about learning to live with divergent truths seems less apt in an age of alternative facts.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Ishibashi makes for a resilient and empathetic Junna, even as her character inevitably bears the brunt of much of the film’s divisive moralizing, while Emoto’s Morio is a quivering wreck of fragility and good intentions.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of moralizing

Noun

Duckworth also faced backlash from critics who argued that her message was, at best, a series of hollow exhortations to simply try harder and, at worst, an insidious form of victim-blaming that ignored structural inequality.

— Meghan O’Gieblyn, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
His character is a severe, hectoring figure; his lessons amount to an exhortation to be as mean as possible when money is concerned.

— Christopher Cox, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of exhortation

Noun

Nearly all of their rituals are rooted in female submission, expressed without words to keep the film from feeling like a lecture.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Biographers of Berryman, including Eileen, tend to record the Shakespeare lecture as a turning point of sorts for the American poet.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of lecture

Noun

That circumspection is the result of some hard lessons from a century of booms and busts.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
After a brief safety lesson on navigating the course and its cables, participants can ride a zip line into the park, gliding 60 feet above the quarry floor at speeds exceeding 30 mph.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

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