Synonyms for council
ˈkaʊn səlcoun·cil

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 13 votes

1. council

   Synonyms:
   cabinet, bureau, chamber, consultation, conclave, parliament, congress, synod, company, assembly, meeting, conference, convention, convocation

   Antonyms:
   league, conspiracy, cabal, intrigue, mob, multitude, crowd

Princeton's WordNet

1. councilnoun

   a body serving in an administrative capacity

   "student council"

2. councilnoun

   (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine

3. councilnoun

   a meeting of people for consultation

   "emergency council"

Matched Categories

1. • Christianity
   • Administrative Unit
   • Assembly
   • Meeting

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. councilnoun

   Synonyms:
   cabinet, ministry, body of advisers

2. councilnoun

   Synonyms:
   assembly (for consultation), meeting, congress, diet, synod, convocation, convention

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. councilnoun

   Synonyms:
   aldermen, cabinet, assembly, junta, junto, camarilla, synod, cabal

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1. List of paraphrases for "council":

   board, conseil, rat, advice, consejo, raad, bureau, councils, commission, consiglio, counsel, rats, conselho, συμβουλίου, boards, tip

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1. Michelle Bachelet:

   As my term as High Commissioner draws to a close, this Council's milestone fiftieth session will be the last which I brief.

2. Phillipe Cunningham:

   Minnesota National Guard has been activated in the area as part of Operation Safety Net, a joint effort between the Minneapolis Police Department, Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, the State of Minnesota and local jurisdictions in order to protect people, freedom of speech and property during the Derek Chauvin trial and aftermath of the police involved shooting of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center during a traffic stop. MINNESOTA MAN WHO FLED WITH OFFICER CLINGING TO TRUCK AFTER ALLEGED MASK-RELATED ASSAULT FACES FELONY CHARGES In the wake of Wright's death, the Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously on Friday for the development of a new Traffic Safety Division. Councilmember Phillipe Cunningham outlineda staff directive regarding the proposed developmentin a document obtained by KMSP, the Fox-owned TV station in Minneapolisand posted on Phillipe Cunningham social media account. The document listed four goals of the new traffic enforcement division : Maximizing the traffic safety benefits of traffic enforcement, eliminating racial disparities in traffic enforcement, educating the public on safe driving behaviors and traffic laws, and earning the trust of communities harmed by earlier practices. We urgently need traffic safety in our community, we also need for increasing traffic safety to not come at a great cost of harm to our neighbors in the process. This issue is very complex, but it is surmountable.

3. New York Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis:

   There’s different criteria that is acceptable [to get an ID card]. Many of us were opposed to the program from the start. However, city council created this program and the mayor signed it into law. Now we’re seeing an estimated 500,000 people that they anticipate will sign up with this ID program and people are doing so. They’re taking advantage of the program.

4. Yeimi Diaz:

   A war council is almost always a death sentence, i got lucky. A guerrilla commander who knew my mother stepped in at the last minute and voted to save my life.

5. Larry Kudlow:

   I don't think National Economic Council's either or.