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councilnoun a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purposea war council attended by the top commanders of each of the armed services assembly, congress, convention, convocation, gathering, get-together, huddle, meeting, powwow(informal, now offensive) clinic, workshopcabinet, caucus, conclave, synoddemonstration, rallyconfab, conversation, dialogue(also dialog), discourse, discussion, palaver, talknegotiation, parley, summitconference, forum, round-robin, roundtable, seminar, symposiumaudience, interview, session a group of persons formally joined together for some common interestthe neighborhood council decided to campaign for a new park association, board, brotherhood, chamber, club, college, congress, consortium, fellowship, fraternity, guild(also gild), institute, institution, league, order, organization, society, sodality collective, commune, community, cooperativealliance, bloc, camp, coalition, partnershipbody, cadre, groupcircle, clan, clique, coterie, junta, junto, klatch(also klatsch), lot, setcrew, outfit, party, squad, teambranch, chapter, localfaithful, fold, membershipsisterhood, sororitycabal, camarilla, camorra, confederacy, conspiracyband, gang, ringcartel, combine, syndicate a meeting featuring a group discussionsummoned to a council to discuss ways that the state could improve medical care for the elderly colloquy, conference, forum, panel, panel discussion, parley, powwow(informal, now offensive), round-robin, roundtable, seminar, symposium colloquiumcaucus, town meetingassembly, conclave, congregation, congress, consistory, convention, convocation, synoddebate, deliberationbrainstormingchat room, newsgroup a local unit of an organizationthe scout's own council chose to ignore the national organization's discriminatory policies affiliate, branch, cell, chapter, local arm, division, wingoffshoot, subchapterlodge, post an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issuean unscheduled council in the judge's chambers argument, argumentation, argy-bargy(chiefly British), back-and-forth, colloquy, confab, confabulation, conference, consult, consultation, counsel, debate, deliberation, dialogue(also dialog), discussion, give-and-take, palaver, parley, talk bull session, chat room, forum, meeting, powwow(informal, now offensive), roundtable, seminar, skull session(also skull practice), symposium, talkathonchat, conversation, rap, wordsdiscourse, disquisitionbargaining, consultancy, negotiation, pourparler in the 12th century |