Synonyms and Antonyms of council
1
a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose
- a war council attended by the top commanders of each of the armed services
clinic, workshop
cabinet, caucus, conclave, synod
demonstration, rally
confab, conversation, dialogue (also dialog), discourse, discussion, palaver, talk
negotiation, parley, summit
conference, forum, round-robin, roundtable, seminar, symposium
audience, interview, session
2
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
- the 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, cooperative
alliance, bloc, camp, coalition, partnership
body, cadre, group
circle, clan, clique, coterie, junta, junto, klatch (also klatsch), lot, set
crew, outfit, party, squad, team
branch, chapter, local
faithful, fold, membership
sisterhood, sorority
cabal, camarilla, camorra, confederacy, conspiracy
band, gang, ring
cartel, combine, syndicate
3
a meeting featuring a group discussion
- summoned to a council to discuss ways that the state could improve medical care for the elderly
colloquy, conference, forum, panel, panel discussion, parley, powwow, round-robin, roundtable, seminar, symposium
colloquium
caucus, town meeting
assembly, conclave, congregation, congress, consistory, convention, convocation, synod
debate, deliberation
brainstorming
chat room, newsgroup
4
a local unit of an organization
- the scout's own council chose to ignore the national organization's discriminatory policies
5
an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue
- an 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,
