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conference - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | conference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | convention, colloquium |
| Synonyms: | appointment, argument, chat, colloquy, conferring, congress, consultation, conversation, convocation, deliberation, discussion, forum, huddle, interchange, interview, meeting, palaver, parley, powwow*, round table, seminar, symposium, talk, ventilation, confabulation, gabfest, groupthink, round robin, think-in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | league of athletic teams |
| Synonyms: | association, circuit, league, loop, organization, ring, athletic union |
| Main Entry: | briefing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preparation by informing of facts |
| Synonyms: | conference, discussion, guidance, information, initiation, instruction, meeting, preamble, rundown, update, background meeting, directions, priming |
| Main Entry: | colloquy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conversation, debate |
| Synonyms: | chat, chitchat, conference, converse, dialogue, discourse, discussion, flap*, huddle*, palaver, parley, powwow*, rap*, seminar, talk, buzz session, chinfest, clambake, colloquium, confab, confabulation, gab fest, gam, groupthink, rap session, talkfest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conclave |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secret meeting |
| Synonyms: | assembly, cabinet*, conference, council, encounter, gathering, get-together, huddle, meet, parley, powwow*, session, buzz session, confab, private meeting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | congress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delegation of representatives |
| Synonyms: | assembly, association, caucus, chamber, club, committee, conclave, conference, convention, convocation, council, government, guild, league, legislature, meeting, order, parliament, society, union, delegates, legislative body, senate, the Hill, the house |
| Main Entry: | consultation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | asking, conference |
| Synonyms: | appointment, argument, conference, council, deliberation, dialogue, discussion, examination, hearing, huddle, interview, meeting, powwow*, session, buzz session, clambake, confab, groupthink, second opinion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conversation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dialogue, discourse |
| Synonyms: | chat, colloquy, comment, communication, communion, conference, consultation, converse, debate, discussion, exchange, expression, gab*, gossip, hearing, intercourse, observation, palaver, parley, powwow*, questioning, remark, repartee, speech, talk, ventilation, visit, yak*, confab, confabulation, jive*, pillow talk, talkfest, tète-à -tète |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence, quietude |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | convocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assembly |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, congress, convention, council, diet, get-together, meet, meeting, powwow*, synod, turnout, confab |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | council |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | people assembled for purpose |
| Synonyms: | assembly, board, body, brain trust*, cabinet, chamber, clan, committee, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, diet, gang, gathering, huddle*, kitchen cabinet*, meet, ministry, mob, outfit, panel, parliament, powwow*, ring, synod, confab, directorate, governing body, groupthink, official family, senate |
| Notes: | counsel is 'advice, guidance' and a counsel is a lawyer; a council is a deliberative body of people assembled for some purpose and members are councillors (especially in Britain) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deliberation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | serious thought, discussion |
| Synonyms: | application, attention, calculation, care, caution, cogitation, conference, consideration, consultation, debate, forethought, heed, meditation, prudence, purpose, rap, reflection, speculation, study, ventilation, wariness, brainwork, carefulness, cerebration, circumspection, confabulation, ratiocination |
| Main Entry: | dialogue/dialog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk, exchange of ideas |
| Synonyms: | chat, colloquy, communication, conference, conversation, converse, discourse, discussion, parlance, parley, powwow, repartee, script, small talk*, confab, confabulation, duologue, interlocution, lines, remarks, sides |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discussion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk with another |
| Synonyms: | altercation, analysis, argument, canvass, colloquy, conference, consideration, consultation, contention, controversy, conversation, debate, deliberation, dialogue, discourse, disputation, dispute, dissertation, examination, exchange, huddle, interview, meet, meeting, powwow*, quarrel, review, scrutiny, symposium, ventilation, argumentation, confabulation, excursus, groupthink, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gathering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assemblage, accumulation |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, affair, aggregate, aggregation, association, band, body, bunch, caucus, collection, company, concentration, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, crush, drove, flock, function, gain, get-together, group, heap, herd, horde, huddle, junction, knot, levy, mass, meet, meeting, muster, parley, party, pile, powwow*, rally, roundup, society, stock, stockpile, swarm, throng, turnout, union, clambake, social function |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | huddle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assemblage, crowd, often disorganized |
| Synonyms: | bunch, chaos, cluster, clutter, conference, confusion, disarray, discussion, disorder, gathering, group, heap, jumble, mass, meeting, mess*, muddle, confab |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interview |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | questioning and evaluation |
| Synonyms: | account, audience, call, call back, cattle call, communication, conference, consultation, conversation, dialogue, examination, hearing, meeting, oral, parley, press conference, record, statement, talk |
| Main Entry: | negotiation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bargaining |
| Synonyms: | agreement, arbitration, colloquy, compromise, conference, consultation, debate, diplomacy, discussion, intervention, mediation, meeting, transaction |
| Main Entry: | powwow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discussion |
| Synonyms: | conference, consultation, council, get-together, huddle, meeting, palaver, parley, talk, confab, confabulation |
| Antonyms: | quiet |
| Main Entry: | session |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meeting, gathering |
| Synonyms: | affair, assembly, concourse, conference, discussion, get-together, hearing, huddle, jam session*, meet, period, showdown, sitting, term |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dialogue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk |
| Synonyms: | chat, colloquy, communication, conference, conversation, converse, discourse, discussion, exchange, flap, parlance, parley, powwow, rap, repartee, script, small talk, confab, confabulation, dialog, duologue, interlocution, lines, rap session, remarks, sides |
| Antonyms: | monologue, soliloquy |
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