Synonyms for conference
ˈkɒn fər əns, -frənscon·fer·ence

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1. conference

   Company, from the Latin cum, with, and panis, bread, denotes primarily the association of those who eat at a common table, or the persons so associated, table-companions, messmates, friends, and hence is widely extended to include any association of those united permanently or temporarily, for business, pleasure, festivity, travel, etc., or by sorrow, misfortune, or wrong; company may denote an indefinite number (ordinarily more than two), but less than a multitude; in the military sense a company is a limited and definite number of men; company implies more unity of feeling and purpose than crowd, and is a less formal and more familiar word than assemblage or assembly. An assemblage may be of persons or of objects; an assembly is always of persons. An assemblage is promiscuous and unorganized; an assembly is organized and united in some common purpose. A conclave is a secret assembly. A convocation is an assembly called by authority for a special purpose; the term convention suggests less dependence upon any superior authority or summons. A group is small in number and distinct in outline, clearly marked off from all else in space or time. Collection, crowd, gathering, group, and multitude have the unorganized and promiscuous character of the assemblage; the other terms come under the general idea of assembly. Congregation is now almost exclusively religious; meeting is often so used, but is less restricted, as we may speak of a meeting of armed men. Gathering refers to a coming together, commonly of numbers, from far and near; as, the gathering of the Scottish clans.

   Synonyms:
   assemblage, assembly, collection, company, conclave, concourse, congregation, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, host, meeting, multitude, throng

   Antonyms:
   dispersion, loneliness, privacy, retirement, seclusion, solitude

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1. conference

   Synonyms:
   discussion, discourse, consultation, parley, contravention, convocation, meeting

   Antonyms:
   monologue, silence

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1. conferencenoun

   a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)

   Synonyms:
   group discussion, league

2. league, conferencenoun

   an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members

   Synonyms:
   group discussion, league

3. conference, group discussionnoun

   a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic

   Synonyms:
   group discussion, league

Matched Categories

1. • Association
   • Meeting

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1. forum

   conference of state representatives

   at a conference of state representatives, a decision was made to introduce a new law.

   Submitted by dorishall on November 8, 2019  

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1. conferencenoun

   Synonyms:
   conversation, discourse, talk, colloquy, parley

2. conferencenoun

   Synonyms:
   meeting for consultation

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1. List of paraphrases for "conference":

   conferences, lecture, conférence, meeting, cd, meetings, congress, conferencing, conferencia, lectures, the, session, cop, ces, junket, symposium, conferenza

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1. Mark Sanford:

   I suspect it would stir up the rank and file. And when you get the rank and file at the grass-roots level, other folks get stirred up within the conference.

2. Hiroyasu Naito:

   When there's a big conference, hotel rooms become fully booked. We're seeing a construction rush of high-rise buildings with plans to build some new hotels, there's a shortage of construction workers, security guards and truck drivers. In some sectors, we're seeing wages rise.

3. Dan Gainor:

   The radical left is following the lead of the liberal media and attacking Church Militant. Now, even having a men’s conference on how to be good husbands and fathers generates liberal protests, sometimes I wonder if the same protesters just move from one event to another – never actually holding down a real job.

4. Ioan Smith:

   The ECB is widely expected to keep policy unchanged at the June council meeting today, the focus of the press conference will be on comments on Greece and whether the ECB is willing to maintain Greek banks' lifeline in the form of extended ELA assistance.

5. Terpsichore Lindeman:

   Embracing your mistakes and highlighting your flaws disables your enemies instantly. (IDCE2013 conference)