Synonyms for Hold forth:

• v.

  •declaim (verb)
  • mouth,
  • perorate,
  • pile it on,
  • denounce,
  • blow hot air,
  • inveigh,
  • harangue,
  • proclaim,
  • rail,
  • talk big,
  • soapbox,
  • attack,
  • decry,
  • bloviate,
  • spiel,
  • orate,
  • declare,
  • rant.
  •discourse (verb)
  • give a meeting,
  • dilate upon,
  • comment,
  • chew,
  • voice,
  • elaborate,
  • treat,
  • expatiate,
  • enlarge,
  • expound,
  • argue,
  • remark,
  • explain,
  • sermonize,
  • descant,
  • modulate,
  • confer,
  • expand,
  • commentate,
  • dispute,
  • develop,
  • Dissert,
  • converse,
  • debate,
  • confab.
  •discuss (verb)
  • consider,
  • deliberate,
  • contend,
  • contest,
  • go into,
  • sift,
  • figure,
  • jaw,
  • examine,
  • weigh,
  • confabulate,
  • canvass,
  • take up,
  • review.
  •harangue (verb)
  • chew out,
  • get on a soapbox,
  • buttonhole,
  • address,
  • apostrophize,
  • stump,
  • exhort,
  • go on about,
  • talk to,
  • yell at,
  • accost,
  • rave.
  •lecture (verb)
  • teach,
  • Prelect,
  • deliver.
  •narrate (verb)
  • depict,
  • state,
  • characterize,
  • relate,
  • picture,
  • repeat,
  • paint,
  • unfold,
  • enumerate,
  • delineate,
  • rehearse,
  • chronicle,
  • portray,
  • disclose,
  • report,
  • spin,
  • tell,
  • recount,
  • reveal.
  •patter (verb)
  • blab,
  • prattle,
  • jabber,
  • prate,
  • yak,
  • rattle,
  • clack,
  • babble,
  • tattle.
  •recite (verb)
  • detail,
  • enact,
  • utter,
  • communicate,
  • reply,
  • describe,
  • convey,
  • impart,
  • interpret,
  • render,
  • mention,
  • account for,
  • chant,
  • quote,
  • perform,
  • dramatize,
  • answer,
  • itemize.
  •speak (verb)
  • pitch,
  • plead,
  • get across.
  •spout (verb)
  • yell,
  • vapor,
  • spellbind,
  • brag,
  • gush,
  • boast,
  • chatter.
  •talk (verb)
  • influence,
  • sway,
  • induce,
  • persuade.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • meander,
  • run on,
  • ramble on,
  • rattle on,
  • talk away,
  • bang on,
  • philosophize,
  • drone on,
  • rake over.
  •
  • ramble,
  • keep on.
  •
  • go on.
  •declaim
  • holding forth,
  • spieled,
  • Mouthing,
  • piling on,
  • soapboxes,
  • pile on,
  • Mouthed,
  • Railed,
  • held forth,
  • spieling.
  •discourse
  • commentates,
  • commentating,
  • commentated,
  • Re-mark,
  • give meeting.
  •harangue
  • buttonholed,
  • apostrophizes,
  • buttonholes,
  • apostrophized,
  • going about,
  • apostrophizing,
  • buttonholing,
  • talking to,
  • get on soapbox.
  •speak
  • spoke.
  •Other relevant words:
  • put before,
  • tender,
  • put forward,
  • parley,
  • preach,
  • rabbit on,
  • propose,
  • proposition,
  • submit,
  • prefer,
  • carry on,
  • present,
  • tub-thump,
  • lay at one's feet,
  • put at one's disposal,
  • extend,
  • pontificate,
  • put forth,
  • speech,
  • set up,
  • exposit,
  • give,
  • maunder,
  • set before,
  • bring forward,
  • expand upon,
  • think out loud,
  • rodomontade,
  • offer,
  • lay before,
  • rant and rave,
  • advance,
  • vituperate,
  • proffer,
  • gab,
  • trumpet,
  • rabble-rouse,
  • make,
  • demagogue,
  • elocute,
  • hold out,
  • monologize,
  • read.

Antonyms for Hold forth:

• v.

  • declaim
    compliment, praise, be quiet.
  • discourse
    keep quiet, lessen, abridge, refrain, agree, shrink, compress, lower, decrease, go along, ignore.
  • discuss
    give up, neglect, give in.
  • lecture
    listen.
  • narrate
    hide, suppress, conceal.
  • patter
    be silent.
  • recite
    confuse, misrepresent, take, withhold, ask, fail, question, keep.
  • spout
    drain, be modest, deprecate.
  • talk
    hinder, refuse, discourage, prevent.