Council definition
Council is a noun meaning "a body serving in an administrative capacity." It has 3 meanings, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Syllables
- 2
- Letters
- 7
- How common
- Everyday word
Council as a noun
a body serving in an administrative capacity
"student council"
(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
a meeting of people for consultation
"emergency council"
How to say council
Council has 2 syllables and rhymes with counsel. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with council
- counsel
COUNCIL in word games
- Scrabble
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Anagrams
- 0
Is COUNCIL a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check COUNCIL in the word checker, or unscramble COUNCIL to see the shorter words in its letters.
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