Convention and Source

Convention

Convention noun - A coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose.

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Source and convention are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Source" instead a noun "Convention".

Source noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.

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Convention and source are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Convention" instead a noun "Source".

common	common convention	common source
single	single convention	single source
popular	popular convention	popular source
actual	actual convention	actual source
Other adjectives: large, big, important, new, major, fantastic, official, different, comic, biggest, largest.

Batman: The Brave and the Bold has a Bat-Mite episode which cuts away to a comics convention where Bat-Mite explains to the audience that the version of Batman with goofy villains is as valid a use of the source material as the grim Batman.

Source: Author Filibuster
Same thing with the Ordinary Muslim Man meme, with lines like "72 virgins... went to a Star Trek convention" and "America will burn... through their oil reserves if they don't migrate to a renewable source."

Source: Cue Card Pause
Arguably acceptable as a Translation Convention, but for the record there is an English word (tisane) that more properly means "herbal infusion beverage of any source".

Source: Spot of Tea

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Source and Convention. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/convention/source

Convention & Source. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/convention/source>.

Source or Convention. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/convention/source.

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