Symposium \Sym*po"si*um\, n.; pl. Symposia. [L., fr. Gr.
sympo`sion a drinking party, feast; sy`n with + po`sis a
drinking. See Syn-, and cf. Potable.]
1. A drinking together; a merry feast. --T. Warton.
[1913 Webster]
2. A collection of short essays by different authors on a
common topic; -- so called from the appellation given to
the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
symposium
n : a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some
topic especially one in which the participants form an
audience and make presentations
[also: symposia (pl)]
WordNet (r) 2.0
140 Moby Thesaurus words for "symposium":
Festschrift, airing, album, ana, analects, analysis, anthology,
assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, bacchanal, bacchanalia,
bacchanalian, ball, bat, beauties, bender, binge, bout, brawl,
bust, buzz session, canon, canvassing, carousal, carouse, caucus,
celebration, chrestomathy, collectanea, collected works,
collection, colloquium, commission, committee, compilation,
complete works, compotation, conclave, concourse, conference,
congregation, congress, consideration, conventicle, convention,
convocation, council, dance, date, debate, debating, debauch,
delectus, deliberation, dialectic, dialogue, diet, discussion,
drinking, drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, drunkenness,
eisteddfod, examination, exchange of views, festivity, fete,
florilegium, flowers, forgathering, forum, garden, garland,
gathering, get-together, gulping, guzzle, guzzling, housewarming,
imbibing, imbibition, investigation, jag, joint discussion,
lapping, levee, logical analysis, logical discussion, meet,
meeting, miscellanea, miscellany, nipping, omnibus,
open discussion, open forum, orgy, panel, panel discussion, party,
photograph album, plenum, potation, prom, pub-crawl, pulling,
quaffing, quorum, quotation book, rally, rap, rap session,
reception, rendezvous, review, scrapbook, seance, seminar, session,
shindig, sit-in, sitting, slipping, soiree, spree, study, swigging,
swilling, synod, tasting, tear, toot, town meeting, treatment,
turnout, ventilation, wassail
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
symposia (pl)
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