Synonyms for convention
noun
An occasion at which members or delegates assemble
assembly, convocation, meeting, conference; see gathering.
Those assembled at a convention, sense 1
delegates, representatives, members, conventioneers; see committee, organization 3.
Custom
practice, habit, fashion, protocol; see custom 1, 2.
An established mode of procedure
canon, code, precept, rule; see custom 2, law 2, 3.
See convention in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A formal assemblage of the members of a group:
assembly, conference, congress, convocation, meeting. See assembleA number of persons who have come or been gathered together:
assemblage, assembly, body, company, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, meeting, muster, troop. (Informal) get-together. See collectA legally binding arrangement between parties:
agreement, bond, compact2, contract, covenant, pact. See agreeA formal, usually written settlement between nations:
accord, agreement, concord, pact, treaty. See agree, politicsAn accepted way of doing something:
form. See usual
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