Preach

Synonyms for "preach" (58 found)

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Closest matches (12)

address admonish advise advocate catechize caution charge counsel deliver a lecture

Verb(1 words)

advocate

Phrase(1 words)

and the church says amen

Intj(1 words)

church

Strong matches (17)

discourse encourage enjoin evangelize exhort explain exposit expostulate expound harangue hold forth homilize incite inculcate induce issue a caveat lecture

Related words (29)

minister mission missionary moralize move orate persuade point a moral pontificate preachify preaching preachment prelect prompt prophesy rant read a lesson read a sermon remonstrate reprimand

Show 7 more words

sermon sermonize sermonizing speak talk urge warn

Verb(2 words)

orate prophesy

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

6 entries

exhort lecture press talk urge urge on

Related terms

1 entries

praught

derived

28 entries

counterpreach mispreach nonpreaching outpreach overpreach practice what one preaches practise what one preaches preach down preach in the desert preach to deaf ears preach to the choir preach to the congregation preach to the converted preach up preach water and drink wine preachable

Showing 16 of 28 words.

manner of

2 entries

lecture urge

related to

11 entries

advise discourse earnest practice what one preaches praught preach to choir preach to converted proclaim recommend religious sermon

Translations

98 translations across 48 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

κηρύσσω verb (give a sermon)
κηρύσσω verb (proclaim by public discourse)

Arabic

4 entries

خطب verb (give a sermon)
خَطَبَ verb (give a sermon)
كَرَزَ verb (proclaim by public discourse)
وَعَظَ verb (give a sermon)

Aramaic

3 entries

כְּרַז verb (proclaim by public discourse)
כְּרַז verb (proclaim by public discourse)
ܟܪܰܙ verb (proclaim by public discourse)

Armenian

2 entries

քարոզել verb (give a sermon)
քարոզել verb (advise or recommend earnestly)

Bulgarian

3 entries

поучавам verb (advise or recommend earnestly)
проповя́двам verb (give a sermon)
проповя́двам verb (proclaim by public discourse)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

宣揚 /宣扬 verb (proclaim by public discourse)
說教 /说教 verb (advise or recommend earnestly)
講道 /讲道 verb (give a sermon)

Coptic

1 entries

ⲕⲏⲣⲩⲥⲥⲉ verb (proclaim by public discourse)

Czech

2 entries

kázat verb (give a sermon)
kázat verb (advise or recommend earnestly)

Dutch

3 entries

prediken verb (give a sermon)
preken verb (give a sermon)
verkondigen verb (give a sermon)

Esperanto

1 entries

prediki verb (give a sermon)

Finnish

3 entries

saarnata verb (give a sermon)
saarnata verb (proclaim by public discourse)
saarnata verb (advise or recommend earnestly)

French

3 entries

proclamer verb (proclaim by public discourse)
prêcher verb (give a sermon)
prêcher verb (proclaim by public discourse)

Galician

4 entries

predicar verb (give a sermon)
predicar verb (proclaim by public discourse)
predicar verb (advise or recommend earnestly)
proclamar verb (proclaim by public discourse)

Georgian

2 entries

ქადაგება verb (give a sermon)
ქადაგებს verb (give a sermon)

German

4 entries

predigen verb (give a sermon)
predigen verb (proclaim by public discourse)
predigen verb (advise or recommend earnestly)
verkündigen verb (proclaim by public discourse)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (give a sermon)

Greek

2 entries

κηρύσσω verb (give a sermon)
κηρύσσω verb (proclaim by public discourse)

Hungarian

2 entries

prédikál verb (give a sermon)
prédikál verb (advise or recommend earnestly)

Icelandic

2 entries

predika verb (give a sermon)
predika verb (advise or recommend earnestly)

Ido

1 entries

predikar verb (give a sermon)

Irish

2 entries

craobhscaoil verb (proclaim by public discourse)
seanmóir a thabhairt verb (give a sermon)

Italian

3 entries

predicare verb (give a sermon)
predicare verb (proclaim by public discourse)
predicare verb (advise or recommend earnestly)

Kalo Finnish Romani

2 entries

rakkavaa deevelesko lau verb (give a sermon)
rikkavaa preediika verb (give a sermon)

Khiamniungan Naga

2 entries

āchìm verb (give a sermon)
āchìm verb (give a sermon)

Latin

1 entries

praedicō verb (proclaim by public discourse)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

prjatkowaś verb (give a sermon)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

priedegen verb (give a sermon)

Macedonian

2 entries

проповеда verb (give a sermon)
проповеда verb (advise or recommend earnestly)

Manx

2 entries

preaçh verb (give a sermon)
sharmanee verb (give a sermon)

Māori

2 entries

kauhau verb (give a sermon)
kauwhau verb (give a sermon)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

uhutuɓu verb (give a sermon)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

preke verb (give a sermon)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

preika verb (give a sermon)

Old English

1 entries

predician verb (give a sermon)

Old Irish

1 entries

pridchaid verb (give a sermon)

Polish

2 entries

głosić verb (proclaim by public discourse)
kazać verb (proclaim by public discourse)

Portuguese

2 entries

pregar verb (give a sermon)
pregar verb (advise or recommend earnestly)

Romanian

1 entries

predica verb (give a sermon)

Russian

2 entries

пропове́довать verb (give a sermon)
пропове́довать verb (proclaim by public discourse)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

searmonaich verb (give a sermon)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

propovijédati verb (give a sermon)
propovijédati verb (proclaim by public discourse)
propovédati verb (give a sermon)
propovédati verb (proclaim by public discourse)

Slovak

1 entries

kázať verb (give a sermon)

Slovene

2 entries

prídigati verb (give a sermon)
prídigati verb (proclaim by public discourse)

Spanish

3 entries

predicar verb (give a sermon)
predicar verb (proclaim by public discourse)
predicar verb (advise or recommend earnestly)

Swahili

1 entries

kutangaza verb (proclaim by public discourse)

Swedish

2 entries

predika verb (give a sermon)
predika verb (advise or recommend earnestly)

Walloon

3 entries

pirlodjî verb (advise or recommend earnestly)
pretchî verb (give a sermon)
pretchî verb (advise or recommend earnestly)

Welsh

1 entries

pregethu verb (give a sermon)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You don't practice what you preach.

Source: tatoeba (71013)

Practice what you preach.

Source: tatoeba (269915)

To preach is easier than to practice.

Source: tatoeba (272516)

The main duty of a priest is to preach in church.

Source: tatoeba (322034)

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