| Main Entry: | conclave |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secret meeting |
Synonyms: |
assembly, buzz session, cabinet, confab, conference, council, encounter, gathering, get-together, huddle, meet, parley, powwow, private meeting, session |
| Main Entry: | assembly |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | congregation |
Synonyms: |
accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, association, band, body, bunch, clambake, cluster, coffee klatch, collection, company, conclave, confab, conference, convocation, council, crew, crowd, faction, flock, gathering, get-together, group, huddle, mass, meet*, meeting, multitude, rally, sit-in, throng, turnout |
| Main Entry: | board |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of advisers |
Synonyms: |
advisers, advisory group, brass, cabinet, committee, conclave, council, directorate, directors, execs, executive suite, executives, front office, jury, panel, trustees, upstairs |
| Notes: | a board is a committee having supervisory powers, a plank, or food served to lodgers - while bored is tired of the world a plank is thicker than a board |
Antonyms: |
individual, one |
| Main Entry: | caucus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group gathered to make decision |
Synonyms: |
assembly, conclave, convention, council, gathering, get-together, meeting, parley, session |
| Main Entry: | clergy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ministry of church |
Synonyms: |
canonicate, canonry, cardinalate, churchpersons, clerics, conclave, deaconry, diaconate, ecclesiastics, first estate, holy order, pastorate, prelacy, priesthood, rabbinate, the cloth, the desk, the pulpit |
| Main Entry: | congress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delegation of representatives |
Synonyms: |
assembly, association, caucus, chamber, club, committee, conclave, conference, convention, convocation, council, delegates, government, guild, league, legislative body, legislature, meeting, order, parliament, senate, society, the Hill, the house, union |
| Main Entry: | convocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assembly |
Synonyms: |
assemblage, conclave, concourse, confab, conference, congregation, congress, convention, council, diet, get-together, meet, meeting, powwow, synod, turnout |
| Main Entry: | council |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | people assembled for purpose |
Synonyms: |
assembly, board, body, brain trust, cabinet, chamber, clan, committee, conclave, confab, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, diet, directorate, gang, gathering, governing body, groupthink, huddle, kitchen cabinet, meet, ministry, mob, official family, outfit, panel, parliament, powwow, ring, senate, synod |
| Main Entry: | faction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group sharing a belief or cause |
Synonyms: |
band, bloc, bunch, cabal, camp, caucus, cell, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, combine, combo, concern, conclave, confederacy, conspiracy, contingent, coterie, crew, crowd, design, division, entente, gang, guild, insiders, intrigue, junta, knot, lobby, machine, minority, mob, network, offshoot, outfit, partnership, party, pressure group, ring, schism, sect, section, sector, set, side, splinter group, team, unit, wing |
Antonyms: |
entirety, total, whole |
| Main Entry: | forum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meeting |
Synonyms: |
assembly, colloquium, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, council, gathering, get-together, rally, seminar, symposium |