Synonyms for conference
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Noun
1. Convention
convention, meeting, symposium, congress, talk, interview, convocation, discussion, council, consultation, assembly, dialogue AU, dialog US, audience, congregation, palaver, colloquy dated
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Definitions
- n. 1
The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
Forms
- Plural
- conferences → conventions, meetings, symposiums, congresses…
Choose the right word
A conference is more formal than a conversation.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- meeting The date and place of the meeting have been fixed.
- congress Tom has represented us in Congress for many years.
- convention Progress in science was often barred by convention.
- symposium Tom is attending a writers' symposium in Boston.
- league The manager has put him back in the major league.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| conference | falling | |
| meeting | falling | |
| congress | falling | |
| convention | falling | |
| symposium | falling | |
| league | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- talk1
- 6 letters
- league1, dialog3
- 7 letters
- meeting2, council2, palaver
- 8 letters
- congress2, audience3, assembly3, dialogue3, colloquy3
- 9 letters
- interview3, symposium4
- 10 letters
- discussion3, convention3
- 11 letters
- convocation4
- 12 letters
- consultation4, congregation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dialog3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- conférence
- Italiano
- conferenza
- Español
- conferencia
- Deutsch
- Konferenz
- Català
- conferència