Synonyms of congresses

congresses

noun

plural of congress

1

as in parliaments

the highest lawmaking body of a political unit

the national emergency required a special session of congress

Synonyms & Similar Words

• parliaments
• legislatures
• councils
• assemblies
• legislatives
• diets
• chambers
• houses
• legislative assemblies
• general assemblies

2

as in meetings

a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose

following World War I a great congress of world leaders took place in Paris to plan the postwar world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• meetings
• gatherings
• conventions
• conclaves
• assemblies
• conferences
• councils
• synods
• workshops
• seminars
• convocations
• sessions
• get-togethers
• rallies
• caucuses
• demonstrations
• clinics
• discussions
• summits
• negotiations
• symposia
• dialogues
• discourses
• conversations
• huddles
• cabinets
• forums
• audiences
• interviews
• talks
• roundtables
• confabs
• palavers
• parleys
• round-robins

3

as in organizations

a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest

the Canada Trades and Labor Congress

Synonyms & Similar Words

• organizations
• institutes
• associations
• institutions
• societies
• brotherhoods
• chambers
• fraternities
• councils
• groups
• boards
• communes
• collectives
• colleges
• leagues
• guilds
• fellowships
• clubs
• communities
• chapters
• cadres
• teams
• consortia
• sodalities
• coalitions
• orders
• parties
• partnerships
• alliances
• cooperatives
• circles
• camps
• blocs
• squads
• clans
• bodies
• cliques
• branches
• coteries
• juntas
• crews
• memberships
• locals
• sororities
• outfits
• confederacies
• cartels
• folds
• bands
• klatches
• cabals
• conspiracies
• syndicates
• gangs
• sisterhoods
• sets
• juntos
• faithfuls
• lots
• combines
• rings
• camarillas
• camorras

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of congresses

The list of signatories includes many of the field’s most prominent names, more than 50 of whom have spoken at previous congresses. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026

Palestinian soccer officials have long argued — including at FIFA annual congresses across the past 15 years, before Infantino was president — that Israel violates statutes by letting teams from settlements in the West Bank play in the national league. — ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026

The foundation hosts biannual congresses, with panels devoted to discussing recent threats to the rule of law, and awarding honors to lawyers who defend it. — Fabio Bertoni, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025

More than 300 full and non-voting delegates of the powerful Central Committee will gather in Beijing for the closed-door plenum, one of seven meetings typically held within five years, between party congresses. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025

At the same time, the city continues to grow as a MICE destination, hosting congresses, fairs, and international events in venues like the City of Arts and Sciences or Feria València. — Visit València, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025

The letter follows members of the UN’s human rights council in calling for Israel’s suspension from football, while the PFA has done so at the last two FIFA congresses. — Ali Rampling, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025

Compared to their forerunners in the tsarist era, with their party congresses held abroad, their executive committees, and their active recruitment in imperial Russia’s universities, Soviet dissidents remained a comparatively small and informal conglomeration of activists. — Benjamin Nathans september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025

Zionists settled other differences by the same democratic method in later congresses. — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025