Synonyms for convocation
- noun
Most common
meeting council conference assembly congress convention congregation synod
All synonyms
Noun
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of calling or assembling by summons.
Related words
- Word family
- convoke
Forms
- Plural
- convocations → meetings, assemblies, councils, conferences…
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A convocation is an assembly called by authority for a special purpose; the term convention suggests less dependence upon any superior authority or summons.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- meeting The date and place of the meeting have been fixed.
- council The council isn’t doing anything to help the city.
- conference The whole world is watching the summit conference.
- assembly There are twenty-five pupils in the assembly hall.
- congress Tom has represented us in Congress for many years.
- convention Progress in science was often barred by convention.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| convocation | falling | |
| meeting | falling | |
| council | falling | |
| conference | falling | |
| assembly | falling | |
| congress | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- diet2
- 5 letters
- synod2
- 7 letters
- meeting2, council2, calling2
- 8 letters
- congress2, assembly3
- 10 letters
- conference3, convention3, consistory
- 12 letters
- congregation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (diet2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- convocation