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

4 senses of session

Sense 1
session -- (a meeting for execution of a group's functions; "it was the opening session of the legislature")
       => conference, group discussion -- (a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic)

Sense 2
school term, academic term, academic session, session -- (the time during which a school holds classes; "they had to shorten the school term")
       => term -- (a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term")

Sense 3
session -- (a meeting devoted to a particular activity; "a filming session"; "a gossip session")
       => meeting, coming together -- (the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day")

Sense 4
seance, sitting, session -- (a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor")
       => meeting, get together -- (a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room")