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/ˈkaʊn.səl/ · noun
A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council)..
He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.
The comments were made at a council meeting last month, during which one councillor questioned whether changing the names would be pushing reconciliation efforts along too quickly. […] At a city council meeting on Oct. 8, Campbell River councillors discussed a letter sent by the B.C. Geographical Names Office inviting comments on the name changes.
Satan […] void of rest, / His potentates to council called by night;
O great in action and in council wise.
the First Council of Nicaea
Use council when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Council means A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council)..
Common synonyms include synod.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.
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