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

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1. congressnoun

   Synonyms:
   federation, parliament, legislature, assembly

2. congressnoun

   A coming-together of two or more people; a meeting.

   Synonyms:
   parliament, federation, assembly, legislature

3. Congressnoun

   A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.

   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, assembly, legislature, federation, parliament

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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

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1. • Legislature
   • Meeting

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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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1. Bill Roggio:

   I can’t stress this enough, these people have stood there and lied to us time and time again on these issues in terms of al Qaeda-Taliban relations, al Qaeda’s strength, etc. If Congress doesn’t get involved they’ll stand there and lie to us again.

2. Kourtney Kardashian:

   Even going into a store to buy just about anything … you shouldn’t have to walk around aimlessly asking ‘Is this OK?’ ‘Is this not OK?’ Everybody should have the right to healthy products. I do feel like it’s time for Congress to do its job.

3. Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf:

   Extending the deadline will also allow@DHSgov to work with Congress to implement needed changes to expedite the issuance of REAL IDs once the current health crisis concludes.

4. Steve Vladeck:

   Much of the debate between the Justices in this case is over just how far they can go to rewrite a poorly worded statute in order to save it from constitutional challenge, that fight shows up in three of the Court's four decisions from Monday -- and is, in many ways, a sign of the times, as Supreme Court confronts an increasingly polarized Congress that, for various reasons, may be more likely to write vague statutes than clear ones.

5. Rom Dongeto:

   We are so insulted by this. It is a violation of the very essence of a law that Congress itself enacted, women are dying from maternal complications, teens are getting pregnant and people are dying from HIV-related causes. Lives of Filipino citizens are at stake.

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