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. Sylvester Turner:

   Where there are provisions that would allow us to cancel this convention, we will exercise those provisions, the plan is to exercise those provisions, to cancel this agreement, this contract, today, to not go forward with this convention.

2. Katie Peters:

   Our Democratic delegates represent the values that unite our party and reflect the extraordinary diversity of the American electorate, and this hub will have a variety of engagement tools for delegates to get involved with the convention.

3. Najibur Rahman:

   He told our officials that there was nothing to scan, later we informed our foreign ministry and he was released on Friday under the Vienna Convention.

4. 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.

5. Garcia Zarate:

   A day later, he reiterated his campaign promise to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. In 2015, prior to Kate’s law being passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, Trump tweeted that he supported the law. In another tweet, he criticized former President Barack Obama's reaction to the shooting. During his speech at the Republican National Convention as the GOP presidential nominee, Trump mentioned Steinlein his speech. But where was the sanctuary for Kate Steinle? Where was sanctuary for the children of Mary Ann, Sabine and Jamiel Where was sanctuary for all the other- ah it's so sad to even be talking about it cause we can solve this problem so quickly, he said during the speech, referencing sanctuary cities. I don't pay too much attention to it, you know, they're going to say what they're going to say. I really have no say in what's going to be put out there, Brad Steinle said in response to Trump's comments, according to a 2016 interview withABC 7. Jim Steinle told theSan Francisco Chroniclethe family was saddened and shocked by the verdict. There's no other way you can coin it. Justice was rendered, but it was not served.