Synonyms for council
Most common
meeting parliament synod convocation board ministry cabinet chamber
All synonyms
Noun
1. Synod
synod, parliament, meeting, convocation, congress, conference, assembly, consultation, convention, junta, conclave, diet
Definitions
- n. 1
A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
Forms
- Plural
- councils → synods, parliaments, meetings, convocations…
Example sentences
- meeting The date and place of the meeting have been fixed.
- parliament Tom led the small opposition caucus in parliament.
- synod As a young priest, Father Thomas attended his first synod.
- convocation A certain convocation of politic worms are e'en at him.
- board The passengers came on board all at the same time.
- ministry We visited the Algerian ministry of agriculture.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| council | falling | |
| meeting | falling | |
| parliament | rising | |
| synod | falling | |
| convocation | falling | |
| board | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- diet2
- 5 letters
- board1, synod2, junta2
- 7 letters
- meeting2, cabinet3, chamber2
- 8 letters
- congress2, assembly3, ministry3, conclave2
- 9 letters
- camarilla
- 10 letters
- conference3, parliament3, convention3
- 11 letters
- convocation4
- 12 letters
- consultation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (diet2 = 2 syllables).