Synonyms for convention
kənˈvɛn ʃəncon·ven·tion

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1. convention

   Company, from the Latin cum, with, and panis, bread, denotes primarily the association of those who eat at a common table, or the persons so associated, table-companions, messmates, friends, and hence is widely extended to include any association of those united permanently or temporarily, for business, pleasure, festivity, travel, etc., or by sorrow, misfortune, or wrong; company may denote an indefinite number (ordinarily more than two), but less than a multitude; in the military sense a company is a limited and definite number of men; company implies more unity of feeling and purpose than crowd, and is a less formal and more familiar word than assemblage or assembly. An assemblage may be of persons or of objects; an assembly is always of persons. An assemblage is promiscuous and unorganized; an assembly is organized and united in some common purpose. A conclave is a secret assembly. A convocation is an assembly called by authority for a special purpose; the term convention suggests less dependence upon any superior authority or summons. A group is small in number and distinct in outline, clearly marked off from all else in space or time. Collection, crowd, gathering, group, and multitude have the unorganized and promiscuous character of the assemblage; the other terms come under the general idea of assembly. Congregation is now almost exclusively religious; meeting is often so used, but is less restricted, as we may speak of a meeting of armed men. Gathering refers to a coming together, commonly of numbers, from far and near; as, the gathering of the Scottish clans.

   Synonyms:
   assemblage, assembly, collection, company, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, host, meeting, multitude, throng

   Antonyms:
   dispersion, loneliness, privacy, retirement, seclusion, solitude

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1. convention

   Synonyms:
   assemblage, meeting, gathering, conference, cabinet, convocation, congress, session, synod, treaty, compact

   Antonyms:
   recess, non-convention, dissolution, prorogation, promise, understanding, word, parole

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1. conventionnoun

   a large formal assembly

   "political convention"

   Synonyms:
   conventionality, pattern, conventionalism, convening, normal, rule, formula

2. convention, normal, pattern, rule, formulanoun

   something regarded as a normative example

   "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"

   Synonyms:
   form, expression, ruler, practice, regulation, radiation diagram, formula, dominion, principle, rule, figure, approach pattern, chemical formula, linguistic rule, shape, radiation pattern, prescript, blueprint, traffic pattern, conventionalism, conventionality, recipe, pattern, convening, design, normal

3. conventionnoun

   (diplomacy) an international agreement

   Synonyms:
   conventionality, pattern, conventionalism, convening, normal, rule, formula

4. conventionality, convention, conventionalismnoun

   orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

   Synonyms:
   rule, normal, convening, pattern, formula, conventionality, conventionalism

5. convention, conveningnoun

   the act of convening

   Synonyms:
   rule, normal, convening, pattern, formula, conventionality, conventionalism

Matched Categories

1. • Assembly
   • Diplomacy
   • Meeting
   • Orthodoxy
   • Practice
   • Treaty

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1. conventionnoun

   Synonyms:
   assembly, meeting, CONVOCATION

2. conventionnoun

   Synonyms:
   contract, compact, agreement, stipulation

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1. conventionnoun

   Synonyms:
   custom, usage, conventionality, assembly, convocation, congress, diet, synod, council

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1. List of paraphrases for "convention":

   conventions, agreement, unccd, ccw, convención, crc, treaty, congress, uncrc, convenzione, cwc, unfccc, bwc, covenant, cedaw, btwc, convenio, covenants, convenção, iccpr, cppnm

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1. Ronald Reagan:

   I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine. And believe me, you are no Thomas Jefferson. (at 1992 Republican party convention, referring to Bill Clinton)

2. Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.:

   Yale's greatness carries an urgent need to guard against the fall of excellence into exclusivity, of refinement into preciousness, of elegance into class and convention.

3. David Matas:

   The Convention states in Article I that each state party to this Convention undertakes never in any circumstances to retain microbial or other biological agents, or toxins whatever their origin or method of production, of types and in quantities that have no justification for prophylactic, protective or other peaceful purposes, in my view, non-reporting is a form of retention in violation of the Convention. The United States is also a state party to the treaty. If the U.S. found China acted in breach of its obligations deriving from the provisions of the Convention by its delay in reporting the coronavirus, the U.S. could lodge a complaint with the Security Council.

4. Wasserman Schultz:

   But there were predictions of a brokered convention, a fight that would go all the way to the convention, in 2008, if you recall, Jake, and that didn't happen, it didn't happen because this was wrapped up in a timely process through the normal primary schedule, and I think that will be the case here.

5. Greg Guma:

   This is a campaign that will go all the way to the convention He (Bernie Sanders) will stay in this race even if she is mathematically winning. He will influence what is in the platform and what Clinton says at the convention.