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

Need another word that means the same as “session”? Find 18 synonyms and 30 related words for “session” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Session” are: seance, sitting, academic session, academic term, school term, meeting, assembly, conclave, plenary, academic year, school year, period, time, spell, stretch, bout, drinking bout, binge

Session as a Noun

Definitions of "Session" as a noun

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

• A meeting of spiritualists.
• A period during which an official body meets regularly to conduct its business.
• A period devoted to a particular activity.
• The governing body of a Presbyterian Church.
• A meeting of an official body, especially a legislature, council, or court of law, to conduct its business.
• The part of a year or of a day during which teaching takes place in a school or college.
• A period of recording music in a studio, especially by a session musician.
• A period of heavy or sustained drinking.
• The time during which a school holds classes.
• A meeting devoted to a particular activity.
• A meeting for execution of a group's functions.

Synonyms of "Session" as a noun (18 Words)

academic session	An educator who works at a college or university.
academic term	An educator who works at a college or university.
academic year	An educator who works at a college or university.
assembly	The act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery. A decree guaranteeing freedom of assembly.
binge	A period of excessive indulgence in an activity, especially eating, drinking, or taking drugs. An emotional binge.
bout	A curve in the side of a violin, guitar, or other musical instrument. A drinking bout.
conclave	The meeting place for a conclave.
drinking bout	The act of consuming liquids.
meeting	A formally arranged gathering. We held an urgent meeting to discuss the response to the epidemic.
period	A set of elements occupying a horizontal row in the periodic table. Ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods.
plenary	A meeting or session attended by all participants at a conference or assembly. Working parties would report back to the plenary with recommendations.
school term	A large group of fish.
school year	A building where young people receive education.
seance	A meeting of spiritualists. The seance was held in the medium s parlor.
sitting	A period of time spent as a model for an artist or photographer. There will be two sittings for Christmas lunch.
spell	A time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else. A spell of good weather.
stretch	A stretch limo. Running at full stretch.
time	Time as allotted available or used. The landlord called time.

Usage Examples of "Session" as a noun

• A gossip session.
• He did the sessions for a Great Country Hits album.
• It was the opening session of the legislature.
• A filming session.
• The governor called this week's special session to reconsider the decision.
• Legislation to curb wildcat strikes will be introduced during the coming parliamentary session.
• It was one hell of a session— we must have drunk about 12 cocktails each.
• Gym is followed by a training session.

Associations of "Session" (30 Words)

abbreviate	Shorten the duration of; cut short. I decided to abbreviate my stay in Cambridge.
abbreviated	Shortened; cut short. An abbreviated swimsuit.
abbreviation	The process of abbreviating something. Nursing records must be written without abbreviation.
brief	Instruct a barrister by brief. His brief is to turn round the county s fortunes.
concise	Expressing much in few words. A concise explanation.
debrief	Put someone through a debriefing and make him report. The government debriefed him over a span of four years.
ephemeral	An ephemeral plant. Ephemerals avoid the periods of drought as seeds.
fleeting	Lasting for a very short time. A fleeting glance.
glance	Throw a glance at take a brief look at. He glanced the ball into the corner of the net.
glimpse	Catch a glimpse of or see briefly. She caught a glimpse of the ocean.
instant	Instant coffee. An instant need.
interlude	Perform an interlude. The romantic interlude palled rapidly once he was back in town.
layover	A brief stay in the course of a journey. There was only a forty eight minute layover.
meeting	The act of joining together as one. He still remembers their meeting in Paris.
minutes	A written account of what transpired at a meeting.
moment	A quantity that expresses the average or expected value of the first second third or fourth power of the deviation of each component of a frequency distribution from a given value typically mean or zero The first moment is the mean the second moment the variance the third moment the skew and the fourth moment the kurtosis. Wait just a moment.
overview	A general summary of a subject. The report overviews the needs of the community.
pithiness	Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
provisional	A provisional stamp. Provisional bookings.
short	Tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening. He said shortly that he didn t like it.
sitting	Not moving and therefore easy to attack. The resignation of the sitting member.
snapshot	A shot in soccer or hockey taken quickly with little backlift. A collection of family snapshots.
stopover	A brief stay in the course of a journey. They made a stopover to visit their friends.
succinct	(especially of something written or spoken) briefly and clearly expressed. Succinct comparisons.
succinctness	Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
terse	Brief and to the point; effectively cut short. A terse statement.
transient	Staying or working in a place for a short time only. Transient laborers.
transitory	Lasting a very short time. Love is transitory but it is eternal.
truncate	Shorten the duration or extent of. A truncated pyramid.
uninformative	Not providing particularly useful or interesting information. The coverage is brief and uninformative.