| Main Entry: | congregation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assembled group, especially concerned with church-going |
Synonyms: |
aggregation, assemblage, assembly, audience, churchgoers, collection, company, confab, crowd, disciples, flock, following, gathering, get-together, group, host, laity, meet, meeting, multitude, muster, parish, parishioners, public, sit-in, throng, turnout |
| Main Entry: | assemblage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gathering of people |
Synonyms: |
aggregation, assembly, association, collection, company, congregation, convergence, crowd, group, throng |
Antonyms: |
dispersal, scattering |
| Main Entry: | attendance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | people present at event |
Synonyms: |
assemblage, assembly, audience, box office, company, congregation, crowd, draw, gate, gathering, gross, house, observers, onlookers, patrons, public, spectators, turnout, witnesses |
| Main Entry: | audience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group observing an entertainment or sporting event |
Synonyms: |
admirers, assemblage, assembly, congregation, crowd, devotees, fans, following, gallery, gathering, hearers, house, listeners, market, moviegoers, onlookers, patrons, playgoers, public, showgoers, spectators, theatergoers, turnout, viewers, witnesses |
| Main Entry: | church |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | religious belief, group |
Synonyms: |
affiliation, body, chapter, communion, congregation, connection, creed, cult, denomination, doctrine, faction, faith, gathering, ism, order, persuasion, religion, schism, sect, society |
| Main Entry: | collection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group, accumulation |
Synonyms: |
accumulating, acquiring, acquisition, agglomeration, amassing, amassment, anthology, assemblage, assembling, assembly, assortment, batch, bringing together, caboodle, clump, cluster, collation, combination, company, compilation, congeries, congregation, convocation, crowd, cumulation, digest, gathering, heap, hoard, kit, levy, lot, mass, medley, mess, miscellany, mobilization, muster, number, obtaining, omnibus, pile, quantity, securing, selection, set, stack, stock, stockpile, store |
| Main Entry: | company |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crowd of people |
Synonyms: |
aggregation, assemblage, assembly, association, band, body, circle, clan, clique, club, collection, community, concourse, congregation, convention, corps, cortege, coterie, crew, ensemble, gang*, gathering, group, horde, jungle*, league, mob*, muster, order, outfit, pack, party, retinue, ring, ruck, set, team, throng, troop, troupe, turnout, zoo |
| Main Entry: | concentration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | consolidation of effort |
Synonyms: |
absorption, amassing, application, assembly, bringing to bear, centering, centralization, close attention, clustering, coalescing, combination, compacting, compression, concern, congregation, consolidation, convergence, converging, debate, deliberation, fixing, flocking, focusing, heed, huddling, intensification, massing, narrowing, need, single-mindedness, study, unity |
| 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 |
| 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) |