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Synonyms for pulpit

Most common

podium dais rostrum lectern tribune

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Lectern — any lectern, podium, dais, or platform for an orator or public speaker

lectern, rostrum, dais, podium, stump, ambo

3. Office — A plane's cockpit

office, cock-pit

Other

desk

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Any lectern, podium, dais, or platform for an orator or public speaker.

  2. n. 2

    A plane's cockpit.

  3. n. 3

    A raised platform in a church, sometimes enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon; also, the lectern on such a platform.

Related words

Word family
pulpiteer pulpiter

Forms

Plural
pulpits → lecterns, rostrums, daises, podiums…

Example sentences

  • podium I knew I could get a podium, and that's all I wanted.
  • dais The speaker pounded on the dais as they emphatically made their point.
  • rostrum They have a snout, or rostrum, that looks like a hedge-trimmer or a chainsaw.
  • lectern Rising from his seat, Tom made his way to the onstage lectern to applause.
  • tribune The Chicago Tribune was wrong.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pulpitsteady
podiumrising
daisrising
rostrumfalling
lecternrising
tribunesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
desk1, dais1, ambo
5 letters
stump1
6 letters
office2, podium3
7 letters
tribune2, rostrum2, lectern2
8 letters
platform2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (office2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
chaire
Italiano
pulpito
Español
púlpito
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