Definition for Convention:

• A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical.

Synonyms for Convention:

• n.

  •
  • ally,
  • bilateral,
  • accession.
  •
  • colloquium,
  • appointment,
  • audience,
  • annual meeting,
  • organization,
  • briefing,
  • audioconferencing,
  • AGM.
  •
  • method,
  • system,
  • procedure,
  • basis,
  • way,
  • law,
  • canon,
  • means,
  • technique,
  • tactic.
  •
  • Standards,
  • the proprieties,
  • morals,
  • assemble.
  •
  • muster,
  • collect.
  •
  • compact,
  • agree.
  •
  • politics,
  • accord.
  •
  • usual.
  •agreement (noun)
  • bargain.
  •bargain (noun)
  • pro-mises,
  • pro mise,
  • pro mises,
  • under standings,
  • under standing,
  • pro-mise,
  • under-standings,
  • under-standing.
  •behavior (noun)
  • tenue,
  • what's done,
  • Tenues,
  • way of life.
  •caucus (noun)
  • gettogether.
  •communication (noun)
  • convention.
  •compact (noun)
  • in-denture,
  • in-dentures,
  • in dentures,
  • in denture.
  •company (noun)
  • out-fit,
  • out-fits,
  • out fits,
  • out fit.
  •conference (noun)
  • meet,
  • show,
  • powwow,
  • assemblage,
  • members,
  • confab,
  • assembly,
  • delegation,
  • representatives,
  • delegates.
  •conformity (noun)
  • congruity,
  • submission,
  • manner,
  • correctness,
  • compliance,
  • propriety,
  • consistency,
  • conformance,
  • submissiveness,
  • obedience,
  • observance,
  • conformity,
  • acquiescence,
  • regularity,
  • adherence,
  • accordance.
  •congress (noun)
  • de-legate,
  • the houses,
  • de-legates,
  • legislative bodies,
  • the hills,
  • de legates,
  • de legate.
  •contract (noun)
  • Mise,
  • handshakes,
  • liabilities,
  • handshake,
  • MISES.
  •convening (noun)
  • convening.
  •convention (noun)
  • pattern,
  • rule,
  • normal,
  • formula.
  •council (noun)
  • chamber,
  • quorum,
  • parliament,
  • cadre,
  • congregation,
  • coalition,
  • league,
  • tribunal,
  • conference,
  • inquisition,
  • committee,
  • legislature,
  • forum,
  • cabinet,
  • body,
  • panel,
  • faction,
  • board,
  • summit,
  • court.
  •culture (noun)
  • arts science,
  • humanisms,
  • arts and science,
  • the art,
  • ethnologies,
  • arts sciences.
  •decorum (noun)
  • correctitudes,
  • courtlinesses,
  • convenances.
  •doctrine (noun)
  • be lief,
  • credendas,
  • universal laws,
  • be-lief,
  • pro-positions,
  • pro position,
  • inculcations,
  • pro positions,
  • article faith.
  •ethics/ethic (noun)
  • right wrong,
  • rules conduct,
  • right and wrongs,
  • the golden rules,
  • golden rules,
  • right wrongs.
  •etiquette (noun)
  • p's q's,
  • ps and qs,
  • proper behaviors,
  • ps qs,
  • p q,
  • p and q,
  • good behaviors.
  •fashion (noun)
  • chicness,
  • vogue,
  • snappiness,
  • nattiness,
  • smartness,
  • showiness,
  • savoir-faire,
  • decorousness,
  • stylishness,
  • coordination,
  • dapperness,
  • fanciness,
  • slickness,
  • rakishness,
  • ritziness.
  •form (noun)
  • ceremonials,
  • done thing,
  • by the book,
  • by numbers.
  •gathering (noun)
  • social functions,
  • clambakes.
  •habit (noun)
  • fixed attitude,
  • impulsions,
  • hangup,
  • impulsion,
  • wonts,
  • Assuetude,
  • obsession,
  • Habits,
  • make-ups,
  • make-up.
  •heritage (noun)
  • Heirship,
  • Heritance,
  • Dowries,
  • dowry.
  •pact (noun)
  • piece paper.
  •practice, tradition (noun)
  • understanding,
  • covenance,
  • percept.
  •rally (noun)
  • pow wows,
  • mass meetings,
  • pow wow,
  • pep rallies,
  • pow-wows.
  •rightfulness (noun)
  • ethicality.
  •seminar (noun)
  • open discussions,
  • group discussions.
  •stereotype (noun)
  • received ideas,
  • boilerplates.
  •symposium (noun)
  • panel discussions,
  • discussion groups.
  •transaction (noun)
  • inter course,
  • inter courses,
  • trans action,
  • goingson,
  • goings-ons,
  • goings ons,
  • inter-course,
  • trans-action,
  • inter-courses,
  • trans-actions,
  • goingsons,
  • trans actions,
  • goings on.
  •treaty (noun)
  • re-conciliation,
  • re-conciliations,
  • re conciliation.
  •unwritten law (noun)
  • unwritten-law.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • axis,
  • entente,
  • scruple,
  • dress code,
  • morality,
  • precept,
  • double standard,
  • diktat,
  • conscience,
  • stipulation,
  • work ethic,
  • ground rules,
  • table manners,
  • the Geneva Convention.
  •
  • bylaw,
  • lodestar,
  • ceremony,
  • moral,
  • government,
  • conclave,
  • ethic,
  • standing order,
  • recognition,
  • moralist,
  • the Queensberry Rules.
  •
  • dictate,
  • get together,
  • regime,
  • framework,
  • recognize,
  • owe,
  • institution,
  • pact,
  • constitution.
  •
  • norm,
  • protocol,
  • discipline.
  •
  • standard.

Paraphrases for Convention:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    conventions.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    treaty, Treaties.
  • Noun, plural
    agreements.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    treaty.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    covenants.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    principles, emissions, limitations, obligations, constraints, requirements, cites, MINES, Guidelines, Policies, agreements, Schools, Its, agreement, women, Forms, girls, birds, congress, Congresses, conference, Conferences, constitution.
  • Noun, plural
    isomers.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    agreement, congress, conference, constitution.
  • Verb, past tense
    Stipulated, received, disregarded, Entered, Were, agreed, Did, agreement.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    according, existing.
  • Verb, past participle
    considered, Indicated, incorporated, concerned, ratified, received, Provided, Achieved, used, Aimed, Submitted, Entered, Performed, agreed, applied, found, Gained, Been, said, prepared, made, agreement.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    incorporates, provides, is, Has, Does, agreement.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    covenant, covenants.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    covenant.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    covenants.

Antonyms for Convention:

• n.

  • conference
    discord, strangeness, disagreement.
  • practice, tradition
    bad manners.
  • Other antonyms:
    privacy, unconventionality, retirement, seclusion, solitude, loneliness, dispersion.

Convention Sentence Examples:

• At the Democratic convention in 1856 the Southern delegates wished to renominate Franklin Pierce, but the Northern delegates refused their agreement to this, because they knew that in such a case they would be liable to defeat in their own districts.

• This was the opinion of the Right of the convention.

Homophones for Convention:

• compendium, combination.

Hypernym for Convention:

• n.

  • group
    constitutional convention.

Hyponym for Convention:

• n.

  • communication
    pact, treaty, accord.
  • group
    Group Meeting, meeting.