Antonyms 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.

   Antonyms:
   dispersion, loneliness, privacy, retirement, seclusion, solitude

   Synonyms:
   assemblage, assembly, collection, company, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, host, meeting, multitude, throng

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1. convention

   Antonyms:
   recess, non-convention, dissolution, prorogation, promise, understanding, word, parole

   Synonyms:
   assemblage, meeting, gathering, conference, cabinet, convocation, congress, session, synod, treaty, compact

Matched Categories

1. • Assembly
   • Diplomacy
   • Meeting
   • Orthodoxy
   • Practice
   • Treaty

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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

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1. conventionnoun

   Synonyms:
   custom, usage, conventionality, assembly, convocation, congress, diet, synod, council

How to use convention in a sentence?

1. Jeff Roe:

   There's going to be ebbs and flows to this campaign, this campaign is going through (the last primary elections on June 7 and likely to the convention.

2. The Texas senator:

   Donald Trump could end up exceeding 50 percent of the vote in the GOP race, which would be a first for Donald Trump in any state and give Donald Trump a shot at claiming all 95 of the state's delegates. Incoming returns show him with roughly 62 percent. Fox News projects that Ohio Gov. John Kasich will place second in the state, leaving Texas Sen. Cruz to finish third.Cruz, though, has all along downplayed Trump’s New York performance as expected in Ohio Gov. John Kasich home state. The latest headlines on the 2016 elections from the biggest name in politics. See Latest Fox News also projects that Democrat Hillary Clinton will defeat Vermont Sen. Sanders in New York on the Democratic side. Primary front-runners Democrat Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both were seeking big rebound victories Tuesday after recent campaign setbacks. Texas Sen. Cruz has complicated Trump's path to the nomination by winning in recent contests like Wisconsin, and getting allies elected to several states' delegate slates. On the Democratic side, Sanders had been on a winning streak up until Tuesday -- claiming victory in seven of the eight prior contests. Whether Donald Trump and Clinton's performance Tuesday will be enough for either to wrap up the race in the coming weeks remains an open question. While the primary map seems to be shifting in the near-term to friendly territory for the front-runners, Trump in particular still faces a tough path to clinching the nomination pre-convention if his rivals choose to stay and fight. Texas Sen. Cruz, who infamously panned Trump's New York values earlier in the primary, had been bracing for a tough showing in the Empire State and showed no signs of throwing in the towel. The Texas senator was already looking ahead on the primary calendar, turning The Texas senator attention to Pennsylvania, where The Texas senator delivered a speech calling on Americans to join together to move the country forward. It is time for us to get up, shake it off and be who we were destined to be.

3. Howard Dean:

   We are going to have the convention. The NBA is in what form, i don't think there is any talk of canceling, but there is plenty of talk about how you can run the convention.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   We all know about that other convention happening up in Cleveland, but this is where I’d rather be, i’d rather be right here with you.

5. Dory MacMillian:

   State health officials are working with the( Republican National Committee) and will review its plans as they make decisions about how to hold the convention in Charlotte, north Carolina is relying on data and science to protect our state's public health and safety.

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