caucus as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
caucus
noun
1 caucus
A closed political meeting.
Roget 696:
council,
committee,
subcommittee,
comitia [Lat.],
court,
chamber,
cabinet,
board,
bench,
staff.
senate,
senatus [Lat.],
parliament,
chamber of deputies,
directory,
reichsrath [G.],
rigsdag,
cortes [Sp.],
storthing†,
witenagemote†,
junta,
divan,
musnud†,
sanhedrim;
classis†;
Amphictyonic council†;
duma [Rus.],
house of representatives;
legislative assembly,
legislative council;
riksdag†,
volksraad [G.],
witan†,
caput†,
consistory,
chapter,
syndicate;
court of appeal
etc.
(tribunal)
966;
board of control,
board of works;
vestry;
county council,
local board.
audience chamber,
council chamber,
state chamber.
cabinet council,
privy council;
cockpit,
convocation,
synod,
congress,
convention,
diet,
states-general.
[formal gathering of members of a council: script]
assembly,
caucus,
conclave,
clique,
conventicle;
meeting,
sitting,
seance,
conference,
convention,
exhibition,
session,
palaver,
pourparler,
durbar†,
house;
quorum;
council fire [U.S.],
powwow [U.S.],
primary [U.S.].
meeting,
assemblage
etc.
72.
[person who is member of a council]
member;
senator;
member of parliament,
M. P.;
councilor,
representative of the people;
assemblyman,
congressman;
councilman,
councilwoman,
alderman,
freeholder.
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Dutch: fractie, verkiezingsbijeenkomst
verb
1 caucus
Moby thesaurus: assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, ball, brawl, breakaway group, by-election, camp, closed primary, colloquium, commission, committee, conclave, concourse, congregation, congress, congressional caucus, congressional election, contested election, conventicle, convention, convocation, council, dance, date, diet, direct primary, division, eisteddfod, election, ethnic group, faction, festivity, fete, forgathering, forum, gathering, general election, gerrymander, get-together, housewarming, interest, interest group, levee, mandatory primary, meet, meeting, minority group, nonpartisan primary, offshoot, open primary, optional primary, packed caucus, panel, partisan election, party, plenum, political party, politicize, preference primary, presidential election, presidential preference primary, presidential primary, pressure group, primary, primary election, prom, quorum, rally, reception, referendum, rendezvous, runoff, runoff election, runoff primary, seance, secret caucus, sect, session, shindig, side, silent majority, sit-in, sitting, soiree, splinter, splinter group, symposium, synod, turnout, vocal minority, wing ... show more.
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