discourse about

VERB

discuss

Synonyms

STRONGEST

argue confer consider debate deliberate examine explain review take up

STRONG

altercate canvass confabulate contend contest converse descant dispute dissertate figure groupthink jaw moot sift ventilate weigh

WEAK

bounce off compare notes consult with discept dissert exchange views on get-together go into hash over hold forth kick about knock around put heads together reason about thrash out toss around

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agree ignore neglect

STRONG

be quiet give in give up

Example Sentences

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"We need to start a discourse about how we as a society -- through our norms, structural factors, and interpersonal relationships -- address the challenges of aging."

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

The late-night landscape has been the subject of much discourse about free speech since CBS announced in July that it would not be renewing the storied network franchise “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

It’s a discouraging dynamic for healthy public discourse about what Congress is and isn’t trying to do.

From Slate • Dec. 21, 2024

She said the bill would be an “absolutely mammoth change” and would be done “without the proper scrutiny and the proper time to have a proper discourse about it”.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2024

The Hausa people of Nigeria have an extraordinarily rich vocabulary for discourse about music, but no single word for music.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

discourse about

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