Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chapter

5 senses of chapter

Sense 1
chapter -- (a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep")
       => section, subdivision -- (a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section")

Sense 2
chapter -- (any distinct period in history or in a person's life; "the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history"; "the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship")
       => phase, stage -- (any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected")

Sense 3
chapter -- (a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter")
       => club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order -- (a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today")

Sense 4
chapter -- (an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church)
       => assembly -- (a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose)

Sense 5
chapter -- (a series of related events forming an episode; "a chapter of disasters")
       => episode -- (a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events)