Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "council" can be used as noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

city hall council building council chamber

Capable Of

sponsor public meetings

Derived Terms

Council Bluffs Council Grove Hebdomadal Council Security Council Whitley council afforced council anticouncil borough council canine council church council city council council area council communism council estate council house council housing council housing estate council of war council pop council tax council-housed councilism councilist councillor councilman councilmate councilmember councilor councilperson councilwoman county council district council domestic policy council ecumenical council federal council intercouncil kennel council local council mayor-council minority council order in council order of council order-in-council parish council parochial church council particular council plenary council privy council provincial council spokescouncil student council subcouncil town council unitary council works council

Context

christianity

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

administrative body administrative unit assembly group meeting meeting

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Whitley council afforced council borough council canine council church council city council council of war county council district council domestic policy council ecumenical council federal council kennel council local council minority council parish council parochial church council privy council soviet spokescouncil student council subcouncil supercouncil town council unitary council works council

Type Of (IsA)

administrative unit agent non geographical assembly decision making group formal gathering of people meeting organization

Related Terms

conciliate counsel reconcile syndicate

Related Terms

adams county advice advisory advisory board advisory body advisory group advisory panel board body cities city city committee city government city group city running club committee con con sill console counsel county seat deciding deciding group deciding things decision decision making deliberation discussion elders elected elected group every every town give give advice good good advice governing governing board governing body governing group government government body government group group group elders group leaders group people head head committee idaho law leaders leadership leadership group local local government making many members many people mayor meeting meeting body meeting group meeting officials members membership membership body men normally normally local official officials old old men order panel people rare running security sill student student club student government student group student leaders town town official type type government un un security usa

Used For

debating thorny issues decide deciding issue deciding things decision making holding meetings judgement listening to concerns making decisions making organization run more smoothly making rules meeting performing task recording minutes talking talking about things

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.