preach

1. 1.

   deliver a sermon

   “The minister is not preaching this Sunday”

   Synonymsprophesy

   Broaderlecture

   Narrowerevangelize
2. 2.

   speak, plead, or argue in favor of

   “The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house”

   Synonymsadvocate

   Broaderurge

   Narrowersermonize

Other forms of preach

past tense

preached·

present participle

preaching·

third person

preaches·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about preach

What does preach mean?

preach means "deliver a sermon". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in preach?

preach has 1 syllable: preach. In IPA it is /ˈpɹitʃ/.

What is another word for preach?

Close synonyms include prophesy, advocate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is preach a common word?

preach is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.