Synonyms and related words :
airing, analysis, argument, article, audience, bargaining, bargaining session, bull session, buzz session, canvassing, causerie, chat, colloquium, colloquy, conclave, confab, confabulation, conference, confrontation, congress, consideration, consultation, convention, conversation, council, council fire, council of war, debate, debating, deliberation, descant, dialectic, dialogue, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, essay, etude, examination, exchange, exchange of views, excursus, exposition, eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, feature, first approach, forum, high-level talk, homily, huddle, interchange of views, interview, introductory study, investigation, joint discussion, logical analysis, logical discussion, lucubration, meeting, memoir, monograph, morceau, negotiations, news conference, note, open discussion, open forum, outline, palaver, pandect, panel discussion, paper, paragraph, parley, piece, pourparler, powwow, preliminary study, press conference, prolegomenon, rap, rap session, research paper, review, screed, scrutiny, seance, seminar, session, sitting, sketch, special article, study, summit, summit conference, summitry, survey, symposium, talk, term paper, theme, thesis, town meeting, tract, tractate, treatise, treatment, ventilation,