hold forth
Deliver extended monologue
To hold forth is to speak at length, often in a pompous or tedious manner: He held forth on the failures of modern education for nearly an hour.
The phrase suggests someone expounding their views to a captive audience, with a hint of self-importance or obliviousness to listeners' patience.
Formal communication on subjects
- expoundExplain at length
- pontificateSpeak in dogmatic manner
- declaimSpeak rhetorically, dramatically
- speechifyTalk long-windedly, formally
sermonize · preach · harangue · spout · perorate · monologue · soliloquy · diatribe
Declare confidently true
- contendStruggle in opposition
- argueVerbally oppose another's view
- maintainKeep in condition
- declareState officially
propound · postulate · theorize · philosophize · pontificate · dogmatize · expound · pronounce
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- fluentSpeaking smoothly, effortlessly
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
- rhetoricalUsing language for effect
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
oratorical · expressive · verbose · voluble · loquacious · garrulous · long-winded · effusive
Serving to teach
- pedagogicalRelating to teaching methods
- educationalPromoting knowledge or skill
- enlighteningProviding new understanding
- informativeProviding useful knowledge
edifying · expository · illuminating · scholarly · tutorial · explanatory · doctrinaire · preachy
discourse
Formal communication on subjects
- expoundExplain at length
- pontificateSpeak in dogmatic manner
- declaimSpeak rhetorically, dramatically
speechify · sermonize · preach · harangue · spout · perorate · monologue · soliloquy · diatribe · tirade
assert
Declare confidently true
declare · propound · postulate · theorize · philosophize · pontificate · dogmatize · expound · pronounce · proclaim
articulate
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- fluentSpeaking smoothly, effortlessly
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
- rhetoricalUsing language for effect
grandiloquent · oratorical · expressive · verbose · voluble · loquacious · garrulous · long-winded · effusive · bombastic
instructive
Serving to teach
- pedagogicalRelating to teaching methods
- educationalPromoting knowledge or skill
- enlighteningProviding new understanding
informative · edifying · expository · illuminating · scholarly · tutorial · explanatory · doctrinaire · preachy · moralizing
- public speakingspeech, public speaking, keynotes, keynote speeches, oratory
- ramblingramble, babble, blather, prattle, waffle
hold forthsummarize
State main points briefly
cut to the chase · abbreviate · condense · get to the point · make it snappy
hold forthremain silent
keep quiet · hold one's tongue · say nothing · stay mum · clam up
hold, held, holder, uphold, forthcoming, withhold, holds, forth, forthright