CONFERENCE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CONFERENCE?

Need another word that means the same as “conference”? Find 23 synonyms and 30 related words for “conference” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Conference” are: league, group discussion, congress, meeting, convention, seminar, colloquium, symposium, forum, convocation, summit, synod, conclave, consultation, awayday, discussion, exchange of views, debate, talk, conversation, dialogue, chat, tête-à-tête

Conference as a Noun

Definitions of "Conference" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “conference” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A commercial association for the regulation of an area of activity or the exchange of information.
• The governing body of some Christian Churches, especially Methodist Churches.
• A discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic.
• A prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda.
• A linking of several phones or computers, so that each user may communicate with the others simultaneously.
• An association of sports teams which play each other.
• An association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members.
• A formal meeting of people with a shared interest, typically one that takes place over several days.
• A formal meeting for discussion.

Synonyms of "Conference" as a noun (23 Words)

awayday	A day on which employees meet at a venue away from the workplace to plan strategy or to discuss a particular issue. A worthwhile awayday on scenario planning.
chat	Songbirds having a chattering call. Online chat has been widely accepted by average internet users.
colloquium	An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
conclave	The meeting place for a conclave.
congress	A national legislative body, especially that of the US. The US Congress, which meets at the Capitol in Washington DC, was established by the Constitution of 1787 and is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Sexual congress.
consultation	A conference between two or more people to consider a particular question. They improved standards in consultation with consumer representatives.
convention	Orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional. The law is felt to express social conventions.
conversation	A talk, especially an informal one, between two or more people, in which news and ideas are exchanged. She picked up the phone and held a conversation in French.
convocation	A group gathered in response to a summons. The arguments delayed the convocation of the first congress planned for February 1992.
debate	A discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal. The national debate on abortion.
dialogue	A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people. The book consisted of a series of dialogues.
discussion	A detailed treatment of a topic in speech or writing. Discussions about environmental improvement.
exchange of views	Chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another.
forum	A public meeting or assembly for open discussion. We hope these pages act as a forum for debate.
group discussion	A set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse.
league	The contest for the championship of a league. The leading goalscorer in the league.
meeting	An organized event at which a number of races or other sporting contests are held. He intrigued her on their first meeting.
seminar	A class at university in which a topic is discussed by a teacher and a small group of students. A seminar group of sixteen students.
summit	A meeting between heads of government. She climbed back up the path towards the summit.
symposium	A collection of essays or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors.
synod	A council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business. The deanery synod.
talk	Discussion talk about is a less formal alternative for discussion of. He s all talk.
tête-à-tête	Small sofa that seats two people.

Usage Examples of "Conference" as a noun

• He gathered all the men around the baize table for a conference.
• Colchester regained the lead of the GM Vauxhall Conference.
• An international conference on the environment.
• The Labour Party Conference.
• An international authority or, if that was not possible, a regional operators' conference.
• A conference call.

Associations of "Conference" (30 Words)

assemblage	A group of persons together in one place. Some vast assemblage of gears and cogs.
assembly	A signal for troops to assemble, given by drum or bugle. The tail assembly of the aircraft.
associational	Of or relating to associations or associationism.
bicameral	(of a legislative body) having two chambers. A bicameral Parliament consisting of an appointed Senate and a popularly elected House of Assembly.
bureaucracy	A state or organization governed or managed as a bureaucracy. The unnecessary bureaucracy in local government.
chamber	Place a bullet into the chamber of a gun. A council chamber.
chat	Songbirds having a chattering call. I have chatted to a few women on the Net.
conclave	The meeting place for a conclave.
congress	The action of coming together. The lovers met discreetly for the purposes of sexual congress.
congressional	Relating to a formal meeting or series of meetings between delegates. Our congressional correspondent is standing by.
consult	An act of consulting a professional a consultation. She consulted a large desk diary.
convene	Come or bring together for a meeting or activity; assemble. The council convened last week.
convocation	A formal ceremony for the conferment of university awards. The arguments delayed the convocation of the first congress planned for February 1992.
convoke	Call together. She sent messages convoking a Council of Ministers.
cumulate	Attach two double bonds to the same carbon atom. They appear to have formed from cumulates in the root of a magma chamber.
debrief	Put someone through a debriefing and make him report. The government debriefed him over a span of four years.
discuss	Speak with others about something talk something over in detail have a discussion. We discussed our household budget.
discussion	An exchange of views on some topic. The book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic.
forum	A court or tribunal. We hope these pages act as a forum for debate.
fraternity	A religious or Masonic society or guild. Members of the hunting fraternity.
gathering	The act of gathering something. A family gathering.
interlocutor	A person who takes part in a conversation.
legislature	Persons who make or amend or repeal laws. The Nevada state legislature passed a law to prohibit dumping of nuclear waste.
meeting	A small informal social gathering. There was no meeting of minds.
parliament	A legislature similar to the UK Parliament in other nations and states. It is uncommon to see a parliament of owls in the wild.
polity	An organized society; a state as a political entity. We was innocent of stratagems and polity.
seminar	Any meeting for an exchange of ideas. A seminar group of sixteen students.
session	A period of recording music in a studio especially by a session musician. He did the sessions for a Great Country Hits album.
speaker	A person who speaks. The speaker at commencement.
tutorial	A session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of students. Formal teaching consists of lectures tutorials and practicals.