| Main Entry: | conference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | convention, colloquium |
Synonyms: |
appointment, argument, chat, colloquy, confabulation, conferring, congress, consultation, conversation, convocation, deliberation, discussion, forum, gabfest, groupthink, huddle, interchange, interview, meeting, palaver, parley, powwow, round robin, round table, seminar, symposium, talk, think-in, ventilation |
| Main Entry: | discourse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dialogue; dissertation |
Synonyms: |
address, article, chat, communication, conversation, converse, descant, discussion, disquisition, essay, gabfest, homily, huddle, lecture, memoir, monograph, monologue, oration, paper, rhetoric, sermon, speaking, speech, talk, thesis, tractate, treatise, utterance, verbalization |
Antonyms: |
quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | symposium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conference |
Synonyms: |
colloquium, convention, discussion, discussion group, forum, gabfest, huddle, meeting, panel discussion, parley, powwow, rap session, round table, seminar, talk |
| Main Entry: | bull session |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informal discussion |
Synonyms: |
chin fest, chinwag, confab, gabfest, rap session, talk fest |
| Main Entry: | rap session |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conference |
Synonyms: |
appointment, argument, chat, colloquium, colloquy, confabulation, conferring, congress, consultation, conversation, convocation, deliberation, discussion, forum, gabfest, groupthink, huddle, interchange, interview, meeting, palaver*, parley, powwow, round robin, round table, seminar, symposium, talk, think-in, ventilation |
