Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Council

Nouns
  • council, committee, subcommittee, court, chamber, cabinet, board, bench, staff. senate, parliament, chamber of deputies, directory, rigsdag, storthing, witenagemote, junta, divan, musnud, sanhedrim
  • classis
  • Amphictyonic council
  • house of representatives
  • legislative assembly, legislative council
  • riksdag, witan, caput, consistory, chapter, syndicate
  • court of appeal etc. (tribunal) Tribunal
  • board of control, board of works
  • vestry
  • county council, local board. audience chamber, council chamber, state chamber. cabinet council, privy council
  • cockpit, convocation, synod, congress, convention, diet, states-general. [formal gathering of members of a council: script] assembly, caucus, conclave, clique, conventicle
  • meeting, sitting, seance, conference, convention, exhibition, session, palaver, pourparler, durbar, house
  • quorum
  • council fire [U.S.], powwow [U.S.], primary [U.S.]. meeting, assemblage etc. Assemblage. [person who is member of a council] member
  • senator
  • member of parliament, M.P.
  • councilor, representative of the people
  • assemblyman, congressman
  • councilman, councilwoman, alderman, freeholder.
Verbs
  • assemble, gather together, meet (assemblage) Assemblage
  • confer, caucus, hold council
  • huddle [Coll.].
Adjectives
  • senatorial, curule
  • congressional, parliamentary
  • legislative, law-making
  • regulatory
  • deliberative.