Synonyms for congress
ˈkɒŋ grɪs; kənˈgrɛs, kəŋ-con·gress

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1. congressnoun

   Synonyms:
   parliament, legislature, assembly, federation

2. congressnoun

   The two legislative bodies of the United States: the House of Representatives, and the Senate.

   Synonyms:
   parliament, federation, assembly, legislature

3. Congressnoun

   A two-year session of these bodies, commencing after a Federal election and ending before the next one.

   Synonyms:
   assembly, parliament, federation, legislature

4. congressnoun

   (often capitalized: Congress) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.

   Synonyms:
   Capitol Hill, parliament, federation, legislature, assembly

5. congressnoun

   An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.

   The National Congress of American Indians

   Synonyms:
   federation, parliament, legislature, assembly

6. congressnoun

   Sexual intercourse.

   Synonyms:
   federation, assembly, legislature, parliament

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1. congress

   Synonyms:
   parliament, council, conclave, assembly, synod, legislature, convention

   Antonyms:
   cabal, conclave, mob

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1. Congress, United States Congress, U.S. Congress, US Congressnoun

   the legislature of the United States government

   Synonyms:
   relation, carnal knowledge, intercourse, coitus, sexual relation, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, copulation, sex act, coition

2. congressnoun

   a meeting of elected or appointed representatives

   Synonyms:
   relation, carnal knowledge, intercourse, coitus, sexual relation, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, copulation, sex act, coition

3. congressnoun

   a national legislative assembly

   Synonyms:
   relation, carnal knowledge, intercourse, coitus, sexual relation, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, copulation, sex act, coition

4. sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledgenoun

   the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur

   Synonyms:
   relation, relative, social intercourse, recounting, carnal knowledge, relation back, intercourse, coitus, sexual relation, sexual congress, telling, sexual intercourse, copulation, sex act, coition

Matched Categories

1. • Legislature
   • Meeting

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1. congressnoun

   Synonyms:
   meeting, assembly, convention, council, diet, convocation, synod

2. congressnoun

   Synonyms:
   national legislature (of the U. S.), senate and House of Representatives

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1. List of paraphrases for "congress":

   congressional, congrès, congresses, congreso, conference, convention, capitol, conventions, congrã, congressman, senate

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How to use congress in a sentence?

1. John Crassidis:

   This is something that is going to take a long time to get running, three to five years if things run smoothly and this actually gets through Congress.

2. Nancy Pelosi:

   Instead of creating jobs or raising workers’ wages, the Republican Congress spent seven months doing everything it could to raise Americans’ health costs to hand tax breaks to the richest, now, after squandering months on a cruel and dangerous agenda, Republicans have closed down Congress for five weeks with no jobs bill, no infrastructure bill, no budget, and no plan to avert a catastrophic default.

3. Pete Buttigieg:

   The conversation in Washington has always been about the next fight, the next hill, the next bill -- so much so that I think some folks seeing the tug of war over' Build Back Better' kind of lost track of the fact that the infrastructure law passed, it is important for them to know that that this bridge over the rail yard in Chattanooga that we just announced is coming to you because the President's vision and ability to work with Congress, both sides of the aisle, to get funding for this.

4. Rand Paul:

   We are currently sending roughly $400 million of U.S. taxpayer dollars to the Palestinian Authority, certainly, groups that threaten Israel cannot be allies of the U.S. I will continue to do everything in my power to make sure this president and this Congress stop treating Israel's enemies as American allies.

5. Dianne Feinstein:

   You know whats interesting about this group?, ive been doing this for 30 years. I know what Im doing. You come in here, and you say it has to be my way or the highway. I dont respond to that, Feinstein continued. Ive gotten elected, I just ran. I was elected by almost a million-vote plurality. And I know what Im doing. So you know, maybe people should listen a little bit. Sunrise Movement, an organization that describes itself as wanting to stop climate change, shared a clip of the exchange on its Twitter page Friday. This is how @SenFeinstein reacted to children asking her to support the #GreenNewDeal resolution -- with smugness + disrespect. This is a fight for our generations survival. Her reaction is why young people desperately want new leadership in Congress, the tweet with the video said. HARRIS, FEINSTEIN FUME AFTER WHITE HOUSE RE-NOMINATES TWO CONSERVATIVE CALIFORNIA JUDGES The video begins with the group explaining that they wanted to present a letter to Feinstein and ask her.