Synonyms for hold forth
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hohld |
| Phonetic Transcription : hoÊŠld |
Top 10 synonyms for hold forth Other synonyms for the word hold forth
- accost
- account for
- address
- altercate
- answer
- apostrophize
- attack
- babble
- blab
- bloviate
- blow hot air
- boast
- bounce off
- brag
- canvass
- characterize
- chatter
- chew
- chew out
- clack
- comment
- commentate
- compare notes
- confab
- confabulate
- confer
- consult with
- contend
- contest
- converse
- convey
- debate
- declaim
- declare
- decry
- delineate
- deliver
- deliver a speech
- denounce
- descant
- describe
- detail
- develop
- dilate upon
- discept
- disclose
- discourse
- discourse about
- dispute
- dissert
- dissertate
- dramatize
- elaborate
- enact
- enlarge
- enumerate
- exchange views on
- exhort
- expand
- expatiate
- expound
- figure
- get across
- get on a soapbox
- get together
- give a meeting
- give a report
- give a talk
- give an account
- give an account of
- give speech
- give verbal account
- go into
- go on
- go on about
- groupthink
- gush
- harangue
- hash over
- hold forth
- impart
- induce
- influence
- interpret
- inveigh
- itemize
- jabber
- jaw
- kick about
- knock around
- lecture
- make known
- mention
- modulate
- moot
- mouth
- orate
- paint
- parrot
- perform
- perorate
- persuade
- picture
- pile it on
- pitch
- plead
- pontificate
- portray
- prate
- prattle
- prelect
- proclaim
- put heads together
- quote
- rail
- ramble
- rant
- rattle
- rave
- reason about
- recapitulate
- recite
- recount
- reel off
- rehearse
- relate
- remark
- render
- repeat
- reply
- report
- retell
- reveal
- review
- sermonize
- set forth
- shoot off one's mouth
- sift
- soapbox
- soliloquize
- speak
- speechify
- spellbind
- spiel
- spin
- spout
- state
- stump
- sway
- take up
- talk
- talk big
- talk to
- tattle
- teach
- tell
- tell a story
- thrash out
- toss around
- treat
- unfold
- utter
- vapor
- ventilate
- voice
- weigh
- yak
- yakety-yak
- yell
- yell at
Définition of hold forth
Origin :- Old English haldan (Anglian), healdan (West Saxon), "to contain, grasp; retain; foster, cherish," class VII strong verb (past tense heold, past participle healden), from Proto-Germanic *haldanan (cf. Old Saxon haldan, Old Frisian halda, Old Norse halda, Dutch houden, German halten "to hold," Gothic haldan "to tend"), originally "to keep, tend, watch over" (as cattle), later "to have." Ancestral sense is preserved in behold. The original past participle holden was replaced by held beginning 16c., but survives in some legal jargon and in beholden.
- Hold back is 1530s, transitive; 1570s, intransitive; hold off is early 15c., transitive; c.1600, intransitive; hold out is 1520s as "to stretch forth," 1580s as "to resist pressure." Hold on is early 13c. as "to maintain one’s course," 1830 as "to keep one’s grip on something," 1846 as an order to wait or stop. To hold (one's) tongue "be silent" is from c.1300. To hold (one's) own is from early 14c. To hold (someone's) hand "give moral support" is from 1935. Phrase hold your horses "be patient" is from 1844. To have and to hold have been paired alliteratively since at least c.1200, originally of marriage but also of real estate.
- As in lecture : verb give a lesson, speech
- As in narrate : verb describe, detail
- As in patter : verb gab, chatter
- As in recite : verb read out loud; narrate
- As in speak : verb address; give a lecture
- As in spout : verb talk forcefully
- As in talk : verb address group
- As in declaim : verb proclaim; get on a soapbox
- As in discourse : verb discuss, speak about
- As in discuss : verb talk over with another
- As in harangue : verb give a long lecture
- We do not mean however to hold forth this circumstance as decisive in its condemnation.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- He at last began to hold forth against working at the Louvre.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- These are the places where the champions most do congregate and hold forth.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 30, 1914 » by Various
- Tonight, at the celebration, I'll hold forth on the subject.
- Extract from : « Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore » by Pauline Lester
- She can hold forth to the others to-day if she wants to talk after school.
- Extract from : « The Jolliest School of All » by Angela Brazil
- I heard your star speaker, Mr. Ryan, hold forth last evening.
- Extract from : « Three People » by Pansy
- What your newspaper may hold forth I will not pretend to enter into.
- Extract from : « Bibliomania; or Book-Madness » by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
- English girls will hold forth to you on the subject of grace and free will.
- Extract from : « Old and New Paris, v. 2 » by Henry Sutherland Edwards
- Then after that, you hold forth to us the beautiful general processions.
- Extract from : « Letters of John Calvin, Volume I (of 4) » by Jules Bonnet
- Because it does, my boy; and so do you, when you hold forth about it.
- Extract from : « The Marne » by Edith Wharton
Antonyms for hold forth
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