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. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker:

   The 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago will welcome people from across the nation to an unforgettable event highlighting our party’s vision for lifting up working families and those who too often have been left out and left behind.

2. Craig Dunn:

   That’s where there’s the greatest prospect for danger, i don’t see Craig Dunn walking outside the convention with a Ohio Gov. John Kasich badge.

3. Gregory Macguire, Wicked:

   As long as people are going to call you a lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.

4. Tad Devine:

   It will take some time because we are not the frontrunner, but it's a priority, we want a campaign that looks like a Democratic party campaign and not a Republican party convention.

5. Raphael Sonenshein:

   It's a very energetic convention with a lot of people with their own opinions, what you say to make them happy may come back to haunt you later.