Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun coventry
2 senses of coventry
Sense 1
banishment, ostracism, Coventry -- (the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent); "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry")
=> exclusion -- (the state of being excluded)
Sense 2
Coventry -- (an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century)
INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")