council

1. 1.

   a body serving in an administrative capacity

   “student council”

   Broaderadministrative unit

   NarrowerSanhedrinSecurity CouncilTrusteeship CouncilEconomic and Social CouncilNorth Atlantic Councilcity councilexecutive councilpanchayatprivy councilworks council
2. 2.

   (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine

   Broaderassembly

   Narrowerecumenical councilConstantinopleLateran CouncilLyonsVienneConstanceCouncil of Basel-Ferrara-FlorenceCouncil of TrentVatican Council

   Christianity

3. 3.

   a meeting of people for consultation

   “emergency council”

   Broadermeeting

   NarrowerindabaJirgapowwowsynod

Other forms of council

plural

councils·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about council

What does council mean?

council means "a body serving in an administrative capacity". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in council?

council has 2 syllables: coun-cil. The stress falls on "coun". In IPA it is /ˈkaʊnsəl/.

Is council a common word?

council is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with council?

1 word rhymes with council. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.