discoursing
Engaging in dialogue
Discoursing is speaking or writing at length on a subject, typically in a formal or systematic way.
The word suggests extended treatment rather than brief comment: He spent the evening discoursing on philosophy.
It can carry a slightly pompous connotation when someone discourses at length without invitation.
Explaining at length
- oratingSpeaking formally aloud
- sermonizingLecturing on morals
- pontificatingSpeaking pompously at length
- preachingDelivering moral discourse
declaiming · holding forth · speechifying · presenting · instructing · professing · addressing · monologuing
Expressing clearly in speech
- conveyingTransmitting meaning or information
- expressingCommunicating thoughts outwardly
- impartingGiving or communicating something
- transmittingSending out signals
sharing · informing · relating · expounding · explicating · elucidating · narrating · recounting
Spoken exchange between parties
- chatInformal verbal exchange
- talkVerbal exchange between people
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- discussionExchange of ideas
banter · colloquy · interlocution · parley · conversation · converse · tête-à-tête · heart-to-heart
Forming unproven explanations
- speculatingGuessing without certainty
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- analyzingExamining in detail
- contemplatingThinking deeply about
reflecting · musing · cogitating · ruminating · abstracting · conceptualizing · inquiring · questioning
Verbal conflict between parties
- disputingArguing over validity
- contendingStriving in rivalry
- deliberatingCarefully thinking before deciding
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
refuting · rebutting · contesting · dissenting · contradicting · persuading · defending · challenging
expounding
Explaining at length
- oratingSpeaking formally aloud
- sermonizingLecturing on morals
- pontificatingSpeaking pompously at length
preaching · declaiming · holding forth · speechifying · presenting · instructing · professing · addressing · monologuing · teaching
articulating
Expressing clearly in speech
- conveyingTransmitting meaning or information
- expressingCommunicating thoughts outwardly
- impartingGiving or communicating something
transmitting · sharing · informing · relating · expounding · explicating · elucidating · narrating · recounting · corresponding
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
discussion · banter · colloquy · interlocution · parley · conversation · converse · tête-à-tête · heart-to-heart · back-and-forth
theorizing
Forming unproven explanations
- speculatingGuessing without certainty
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- analyzingExamining in detail
contemplating · reflecting · musing · cogitating · ruminating · abstracting · conceptualizing · inquiring · questioning · examining
arguing
Verbal conflict between parties
- disputingArguing over validity
- contendingStriving in rivalry
- deliberatingCarefully thinking before deciding
reasoning · refuting · rebutting · contesting · dissenting · contradicting · persuading · defending · challenging · cross-examining
- speechmakingorating, declaiming, speechifying, sermonizing, preaching
- explainingexplaining, clarifying, elaborating, elucidating, expounding
discoursinglistening
Attending to sound
being silent · keeping quiet · attending · receiving · absorbing
discoursingsilence
Total lack of sound
muteness · wordlessness · taciturnity · reticence · speechlessness