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

Need another word that means the same as “consensus”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “consensus” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Consensus” are: agreement, harmony, concord, concurrence, consent, common consent, accord, unison, unity, unanimity, oneness, solidarity, concert, general opinion, general view, majority opinion, majority view, common opinion, common view

Consensus as a Noun

Definitions of "Consensus" as a noun

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

• Agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole.
• A general agreement.

Synonyms of "Consensus" as a noun (19 Words)

accord	Sympathetic compatibility. A peace accord.
agreement	Harmony of people’s opinions or actions or characters. A trade agreement.
common consent	A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area.
common opinion	A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area.
common view	A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area.
concert	Agreement or harmony. The concert version of the fourth interlude from the opera.
concord	A treaty. A pact of peace and concord.
concurrence	Agreement or consistency. The number of possible concurrences in the diagram.
consent	Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something. He indicated his consent.
general opinion	A fact about the whole (as opposed to particular.
general view	A fact about the whole (as opposed to particular.
harmony	The combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce a pleasing effect. Man and machine in perfect harmony.
majority opinion	The age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs.
majority view	The property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part.
oneness	The quality of being united into one. The oneness of all suffering people.
solidarity	Unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group. Factory workers voiced solidarity with the striking students.
unanimity	Everyone being of one mind. There is almost complete unanimity on this issue.
unison	Corresponding exactly. Good unisons are formed by flutes oboes and clarinets.
unity	Each of the three dramatic principles requiring limitation of the supposed time of a drama to that occupied in acting it or to a single day unity of time use of one scene throughout unity of place and concentration on the development of a single plot unity of action. He took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia.

Usage Examples of "Consensus" as a noun

• There is a growing consensus that the current regime has failed.
• The lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions.
• Those rights and obligations are based on an unstated consensus.
• A consensus view.

Associations of "Consensus" (30 Words)

accede	Take on duties or office. By now John had died and Henry III had acceded.
accord	Agreement or harmony. Opposition groups refused to sign the accord.
admittedly	Used to express a concession or recognition that something is the case. Admittedly the salary was not wonderful.
agree	Show grammatical agreement. The two stories don t agree in many details.
agreed	United by being of the same opinion. Agreed in their distrust of authority.
agreement	Compatibility of observations. A trade agreement.
approbation	Official recognition or approval. A term of approbation.
approval	A feeling of liking something or someone good. His decision merited the approval of any sensible person.
approve	Believe that someone or something is good or acceptable. They would not approve.
assent	To agree or express agreement. He nodded assent.
coincide	Be in agreement. Publication is timed to coincide with a major exhibition.
compromise	Make a compromise arrive at a compromise. He won t accept any decisions which compromise his principles.
concord	Arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance. Their ideas concorded.
concur	Happen or occur at the same time; coincide. The authors concurred with the majority.
concurrence	A point at which three or more lines meet. The incidental concurrence of two separate tumours.
conform	Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions. The countryside should conform to a certain idea of the picturesque.
consent	Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something. He had consented to serve as external assessor on the panel.
correspond	Be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics. The doctor and I corresponded for more than two decades.
ok	An expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence. Things are okay.
permission	An official document giving authorization. He received permission to go to Brussels.
ratification	The action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid. The ratification of the treaty.
ratify	Sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid. Both countries were due to ratify the treaty by the end of the year.
resolution	Computer science the number of pixels per square inch on a computer generated display the greater the resolution the better the picture. The peaceful resolution of all disputes.
sanction	Give sanction to. The scheme was sanctioned by the court.
settlement	The property given under a settlement. The settlement of the boundary disputes.
treaty	A written agreement between two states or sovereigns. The two Presidents signed a ten year treaty of solidarity.
unanimity	Everyone being of one mind. There is almost complete unanimity on this issue.
unanimous	(of two or more people) fully in agreement. The doctors were unanimous in their diagnoses.
unanimously	Without opposition; with the agreement of all people involved. We voted unanimously.
yes	An affirmative answer or decision, especially in voting. I was hoping for a yes.