audience

English Thesaurus

1. a conference (usually with someone important) (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	conference, group discussion,
definition	:	a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic (noun.communication)

2. a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance (noun.group)

hypernym	:	assemblage, gathering,
definition	:	a group of persons together in one place (noun.group)

hyponym	:	gallery,
definition	:	spectators at a golf or tennis match (noun.group)

hyponym	:	grandstand,
definition	:	the audience at a stadium or racetrack (noun.group)

hyponym	:	house,
definition	:	the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema (noun.group)

member holonym	:	attender, auditor, hearer, listener,
definition	:	someone who listens attentively (noun.person)

member holonym	:	motion-picture fan, moviegoer,
definition	:	someone who goes to see movies (noun.person)

member holonym	:	playgoer, theatergoer, theatregoer,
definition	:	someone who attends the theater (noun.person)

3. the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment (noun.group)

hypernym	:	hoi polloi, mass, masses, multitude, people, the great unwashed,
definition	:	the common people generally (noun.group)

hyponym	:	readership,
definition	:	the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.) (noun.group)

hyponym	:	tv audience, viewers, viewing audience,
definition	:	the audience reached by television (noun.group)

member meronym	:	populace, public, world,
definition	:	people in general considered as a whole (noun.group)

4. an opportunity to state your case and be heard (noun.state)

hypernym	:	chance, opportunity,
definition	:	a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances (noun.state)

5. a conference (usually with someone important) (noun.communication)

derivation	:	confab, confabulate, confer, consult,
definition	:	have a conference in order to talk something over (verb.communication)

derivation	:	confer with, consult,
definition	:	get or ask advice from (verb.communication)

derivation	:	confab, confabulate, confer, consult,
definition	:	have a conference in order to talk something over (verb.communication)

derivation	:	confer with, consult,
definition	:	get or ask advice from (verb.communication)