'Symposium' definitions:
Definition of 'symposium'
From: WordNet
noun
A meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations
Definition of 'Symposium'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'symposium'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Festschrift,
- 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