'Forum' definitions:
Definition of 'forum'
(from WordNet)
noun
A public meeting or assembly for open discussion
noun
A public facility to meet for open discussion [syn: forum, assembly, meeting place]
Definition of 'Forum'
From: GCIDE
- Forum \Fo"rum\, n.; pl. E. Forums, L. Fora. [L.; akin to foris, foras, out of doors. See Foreign.]
- 1. A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes. [1913 Webster]
- He [Lord Camden] was . . . more eminent in the senate than in the forum. --Brougham. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'forum'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agora,
- airing,
- amphitheater,
- analysis,
- arena,
- Areopagus,
- assemblee,
- assembly,
- assignation,
- at home,
- athletic field,
- auditorium,
- background,
- ball,
- bear garden,
- board,
- bowl,
- boxing ring,
- brawl,
- bull ring,
- buzz session,
- campo,
- campus,
- canvas,
- canvassing,
- caucus,
- circus,
- cockpit,
- coliseum,
- colloquium,
- colosseum,
- commission,
- committee,
- conclave,
- concourse,
- conference,
- congregation,
- congress,
- consideration,
- conventicle,
- convention,
- convocation,
- council,
- course,
- curia,
- dance,
- date,
- debate,
- debating,
- deliberation,
- dialectic,
- dialogue,
- diet,
- discussion,
- discussion group,
- eisteddfod,
- examination,
- exchange of views,
- festivity,
- fete,
- field,
- floor,
- forgathering,
- gathering,
- get-together,
- ground,
- gym,
- gymnasium,
- hall,
- hippodrome,
- housewarming,
- inquisition,
- investigation,
- joint discussion,
- judicatory,
- judicature,
- judiciary,
- levee,
- lists,
- locale,
- logical analysis,
- logical discussion,
- market,
- market cross,
- marketplace,
- mart,
- mat,
- meet,
- meeting,
- milieu,
- open discussion,
- open forum,
- palaestra,
- panel,
- panel discussion,
- parade ground,
- party,
- piazza,
- pit,
- place,
- platform,
- plaza,
- plenum,
- precinct,
- prize ring,
- prom,
- public square,
- purlieu,
- quorum,
- rally,
- range,
- rap,
- rap session,
- reception,
- rendezvous,
- review,
- rialto,
- ring,
- round table,
- scene,
- scene of action,
- scenery,
- seance,
- seminar,
- session,
- setting,
- shindig,
- sit-in,
- site,
- sitting,
- soiree,
- sphere,
- square,
- squared circle,
- stadium,
- stage,
- stage set,
- stage setting,
- study,
- symposium,
- synod,
- terrain,
- the Inquisition,
- theater,
- tilting ground,
- tiltyard,
- town meeting,
- treatment,
- tribunal,
- turnout,
- ventilation,
- walk,
- wrestling ring