consensus
/kənˈsɛnsəs
/noun [usually in singular]
A general agreement: [with clause]: there is a growing consensus that the current regime has failed [as modifier]: a consensus view...
- The general consensus of opinion has it that love is not a good thing for professional sportsmen.
- The general consensus is that they are in public life for what they can get out of it.
- The general consensus is that faith in an afterlife is a positive psychological state.
Synonyms
agreement, harmony, concord, like-mindedness, concurrence, consent, common consent, accord, unison, unity, unanimity, oneness, solidarity, concert
general opinion/view, majority opinion/view, common opinion/view
Origin
Mid 17th century: from Latin, 'agreement', from consens- 'agreed', from the verb consentire.
Rhymes
- rathe
- rather
- Rather, Dan
- ratherest
- rathe-ripe
- ratherish
- ratherly
- rather you (or him or her etc.) than me
- rathite
- Rathke
- Rathke cleft cyst
- Rathke's cleft
- Rathke's cleft cyst
- Rathlin Island
- rathole
- rat house
- rathskeller
- rat hunt
- rath yatra
- rati
- raticide
- ratifactory
- ratifiable
- ratification
- ratificationist