Synonyms for congress
Most common
council parliament convention legislature meeting conference
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Legislature — A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America
legislature, parliament, convention, council, assembly, synod, convocation, diet
2. Meeting
3. Federation — an association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups
4. Sexual congress — coitus, sexual intercourse
sexual congress, sexual intercourse, intercourse, ass, copulation, coitus formal, coupling, flange
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.
- n. 2
An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.
Near-synonyms: federation, confederation
- n. 3
Coitus: sexual intercourse.
- n. 4
A formal gathering or assembly of persons; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
Related words
- Word family
- congressman congregation conjugal conjugation
- Phrases
- sexual congress congress grass marital congress suspended congress
- Is a kind of
- troop
Forms
- Plural
- congresses → legislatures, parliaments, conventions, councils…
Example sentences
- council The council isn’t doing anything to help the city.
- parliament Tom led the small opposition caucus in parliament.
- convention Progress in science was often barred by convention.
- legislature Statutory law is written and passed by a legislature.
- meeting The date and place of the meeting have been fixed.
- conference The whole world is watching the summit conference.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| congress | falling | |
| council | falling | |
| parliament | rising | |
| convention | falling | |
| legislature | falling | |
| meeting | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- ass1
- 4 letters
- diet2
- 5 letters
- synod2
- 6 letters
- flange1, coitus2
- 7 letters
- meeting2, council2, cabinet3
- 8 letters
- assembly3, coupling2
- 10 letters
- conference3, parliament3, convention3, federation4, copulation
- 11 letters
- legislature4, intercourse3, convocation4
- 12 letters
- conversation4
- 13 letters
- confederation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (diet2 = 2 syllables).