Conference
Conference noun - An exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue.
Usage example: a parent-teacher conference to discuss a student having trouble in school
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Synonyms for Conference
Discussion is a synonym for conference in meeting topic. In some cases you can use "Discussion" instead a noun "Conference", when it comes to topics like convention, words, hearing, conversation. popular alternative
Nearby Words: confer, conferencing
Discussion
Discussion noun - An exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue.
Usage example: the discussion about the club budget went on for hours
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Synonyms for Discussion
Conference is a synonym for discussion in meeting topic. You can use "Conference" instead a noun "Discussion", if it concerns topics such as words, hearing, talk, conversation. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- meeting and conference
- meeting and discussion
- argument and conference
- argument and discussion
- convocation and conference
- convocation and discussion
- seminar and conference
- seminar and discussion
- convention and conference
- convention and discussion
- congress and conference
- congress and discussion
- forum and conference
- forum and discussion
How words are described
| full | full conference | full discussion |
| similar | similar conference | similar discussion |
| public | public conference | public discussion |
| original | original conference | original discussion |
| Other adjectives: small, actual, entire, huge, main, diplomatic, important, private, new, political, final, subsequent, earlier, strategic, ongoing, online, roundtable. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Sophisticated as Hell: An entire discussion in a psychological conference is, due to one psychologist bringing his children, conducted using such technical terms as the peepee, balloons, and caca-doody.
Source: Film / High Anxiety -
The conference is most notable for a discussion between Truman and Stalin.
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In Mel Brooks' High Anxiety, a discussion on penis envy in a psychological conference is, due to one psychologist bringing his children, conducted using such technical terms as the peepee, balloons, and hoo-hoo.
Source: Sophisticated as Hell
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