Entry Word: forum

Function: noun

Meaning: a meeting featuring a group discussion <a public forum called to find out how residents felt about a large high school being built in their neighborhood>

Synonyms colloquy, conference, council, panel, parley, powwow, roundtable, seminar, symposium

Related Words caucus, town meeting; assembly, conclave, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, synod; debate, deliberation; brainstorming