Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus > P Synonyms of pontificate Find synonyms for: Noun1. papacy, pontificate, government, authorities, regimeusage: the government of the Roman Catholic ChurchVerb1. pontificate, administer, administrateusage: administer a pontifical office2. pontificate, talk, speakusage: talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner; "The new professor always pontificates"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.Definition and meaning of pontificate (Dictionary) ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: temporize Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language