Definition for Council:

• An assembly convened for consultation, deliberation, and advice; specially a body of men to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate in the administration of the government; an assembly of prelates and doctors, convened for regulating matters of doctrine and discipline in the Church. Common council of a city, the body of representatives of the citizens. Ecumenical council, an assembly of prelates and doctors, representing the whole Church. Privy council, a select council for advising a king in the administration of the government.

Synonyms for Council:

• n.

  •Round Table (noun)
  • brainstormings,
  • discussion groups.
  •
  • corp,
  • agency,
  • administration (of an estate),
  • customs,
  • corporation.
  •
  • briefing,
  • AGM,
  • audience,
  • audioconferencing,
  • colloquium,
  • appointment,
  • annual meeting.
  •
  • bureaucracy,
  • apparatus,
  • city hall,
  • city council,
  • capitol hill.
  •academy (noun)
  • fraternity,
  • league.
  •assembly (noun)
  • coffee klatches,
  • clambakes,
  • sitin,
  • gettogether.
  •board (noun)
  • executive suites,
  • advisory groups,
  • up-stairs,
  • up stairs.
  •brainstorming session (noun)
  • round table.
  •brain trust (noun)
  • high-level adviser,
  • brain-trust,
  • high level advisers,
  • highlevel adviser,
  • highlevel advisers,
  • high level adviser.
  •cabinet (noun)
  • governing bodies,
  • official families.
  •chamber (noun)
  • re presentative,
  • re-presentative.
  •collection (noun)
  • salad,
  • bunch,
  • collection,
  • formation,
  • group,
  • complement,
  • college,
  • medley,
  • bloc,
  • society,
  • federation,
  • assortment,
  • omnium-gatherum,
  • set,
  • corps,
  • body,
  • union,
  • coalition,
  • band,
  • stew,
  • assemblage,
  • partnership,
  • mix.
  •conclave (noun)
  • buzz sessions,
  • private meetings.
  •congress (noun)
  • de-legate,
  • the hills,
  • de legates,
  • the houses,
  • de-legates,
  • de legate,
  • legislative bodies.
  •consultation (noun)
  • de-liberations,
  • ex aminations,
  • de-liberation,
  • inter-view,
  • groupthinks,
  • ex-amination,
  • de liberations,
  • inter-views,
  • Second Opinions,
  • inter view,
  • ex amination,
  • ex-aminations,
  • inter views,
  • de liberation.
  •convention (noun)
  • de legations,
  • de legation,
  • de-legations,
  • de-legation.
  •council (noun)
  • faction,
  • inquisition,
  • forum,
  • summit,
  • quorum,
  • symposium,
  • cadre,
  • court,
  • tribunal,
  • congregation.
  •group (noun)
  • council.
  •hearing (noun)
  • tryout.
  •people assembled for purpose (noun)
  • gang,
  • meet,
  • huddle,
  • outfit,
  • mob,
  • ring,
  • clan,
  • diet,
  • synod,
  • confab.
  •privy council (noun)
  • council state,
  • privy-council,
  • british cabinets.
  •steering committee (noun)
  • interlocking directorates,
  • executive committees,
  • steering-committee,
  • select committees,
  • quangos.
  •syndicate (noun)
  • multinationals,
  • multinational,
  • multi-national,
  • megacorp.
  •tribunal (noun)
  • court justice,
  • seat judgment.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • municipality,
  • careline,
  • Dutch Uncle,
  • advisor,
  • adviser,
  • career coach,
  • NGO,
  • Information Center,
  • life coach,
  • father figure,
  • the judiciary,
  • NDPB,
  • high commission,
  • officialdom,
  • national assembly,
  • kitchen cabinet,
  • guru,
  • local government,
  • the civil service,
  • back seat driver,
  • sounding board,
  • the judicial branch,
  • treasury,
  • public body,
  • the executive branch,
  • consultant,
  • secret service,
  • oracle,
  • counselor,
  • bureau.
  •
  • interior,
  • elder,
  • intelligence,
  • legation,
  • ministry,
  • government.
  •
  • office.
  •
  • commission,
  • executive.
  •
  • service.
  •
  • guide.
  •administrative body
  • junta.
  •bureau
  • secretariat.

Paraphrases for Council:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    conseil.
  • Proper noun, singular
    commitments, Consultants, appropriations, governors, commission, commissions, violations, Negotiations, inspectors, documents, sanctions, Gentlemen, regions, skills, sectors, rules, oceans, matters, referees, Trustees, Penalties, Standards, roma, data, victims, partners, Measures, payments, methods, Freedoms, shippers, POPS, conseil, women, makes.
  • Noun, plural
    directors, abstentions, designs, Consultants, referees, Trustees.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    commission.
  • Verb, past tense
    Issued, suggested, expected, Told, Were, prepared, agreed, conseil, committees.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Advising.
  • Verb, past participle
    appointed, Issued, advised, established, Submitted, proposed, Shown, elapsed, Provided, prepared, taken.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    Does, commissions, committees.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    board, committee, committees.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    board, committee, conseil, Bureaus, counseling, committees.
  • Verb, past tense
    board.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    implementing, concerning.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    committee, conseil.

Antonyms for Council:

• n.

  • people assembled for purpose
    individual, one.

Council Sentence Examples:

• On the way back that afternoon the old Queen's girls held a council of war.

• It was a long council, I said, and all the old men were there.

Homophones for Council:

• chemically, Chinese Wall, chemical, camachile, cheek muscle, cynically, canicula, cacomixle, conical, concisely, counsell, cynical, cancel, counsel, Chang Kuo-lao, consciously, cooking oil, conceal, coaxingly, commensal, Congo Eel, chinchilla, casein glue, chimney swallow, canonical, congeal, china clay, canicule, common seal, cunningly, console, commingle, cone cell, camisole, conjugally, consul, choking coil, conjugal, comical, Chinese Holly, chancel.

Hypernym for Council:

• n.

  • group
    privy council, NAC, lyons, Jirga, constantinople, Lateran Council, fourth council of constantinople, soviet, city council, panchayat, tc, Sanhedrin, punchayet, North Atlantic Council, synod, works council, Constance, first council of lyons, second council of lyons, trusteeship council, indaba, economic and social council, ecumenical council, world council, powwow, Vatican Council, council of basel-ferrara-florence, security council, panchayet, council of vienne, Council of Trent, executive council, Vienne, ecosoc, sc, council of constance.

Hyponym for Council:

• n.

  • group
    administrative unit, administrative body, Group Meeting, meeting, assembly.

Meronym for Council:

• n.

  • group
    council member, councillor.