CONVENED Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

convened

verb

past tense of convene

as in summoned

to bring together in assembly by or as if by command convened the members of the council for an emergency session

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in gathered

to come together into one body or place the conventioneers convened in the auditorium to hear the guest speaker

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of convened Those warnings continued even as the FOMC convened Wednesday. — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026 Earlier Thursday, Missouri's top court convened a hearing on whether to hold Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt for not following its orders to use the districts passed after the last census. — David A. Lieb, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026 MomTok has convened at Jen’s because Taylor has allegedly broken up with Dakota for good. — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026 The school could argue that the conference hastily convened the vote, perhaps in violation of bylaws or conference customs, and in doing so jeopardized its contracts with coaches, sponsors, media and licensing partners, and others. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Megan has convened a small group of friends, famous friends, influencers, and a few French Noses from perfume maker Coty to a Manhattan club to celebrate her first fragrance, Hot Girl Summer. — Jason Sheeler, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026 Jointly presented by France and the Republic of Korea and convened under the co-chairship of their respective presidents, the declaration sets out 15 principles and remains open for further signatures. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026 In 2025, a team of scholars convened a hundred and twenty experts from a range of disciplines, asking them to evaluate the arguments in the book. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026 The person who convened them was former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for convened

Verb

Suspicions quickly turned to Lizzie as the murderer, even though police were summoned almost immediately and Lizzie showed no signs of blood spatter, on either her clothing or hair.

— Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Philadelphia interim manager Don Mattingly summoned Jonathan Bowlan, and Lile hammered his first pitch to center for his first career pinch homer.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of summoned

Verb

Hours after the tragedy occurred, dozens of community members and teenagers gathered in Manhattan’s East Village at the intersection of East 14th Street and First Avenue to pay tribute to Serkov.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
Prosecutors assembled thousands of pages of text messages and emails, obtained bank and flight records, gathered corroborating witnesses, and collected video footage of freak-offs and the damning tape of Combs attacking Ventura.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of gathered

Verb

On a weekend in the NFL that featured record scoring numbers across the league, the Broncos mustered their lowest scoring output in a regular-season road game since at 41-10 loss to Baltimore in Week 9 of the 2024 season.

— Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Pete Alonso pulled the Orioles within a run with a two-run homer in the fifth, but that was all Baltimore mustered.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of mustered

Verb

The Harmonizers met for the first time in the Elgin City Hall courtroom on April 30, 1946, with 20 men in attendance and Ben Willis leading the singing.

— Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Spencer held warm feelings towards Charles shortly after the then-Prince of Wales and Diana met at Althorp House in 1977.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of met

Verb

Williams watched the record-breaking performance on TV from his home in Glen Ellyn and called Crow-Armstrong after the game to congratulate the 24-year-old.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Rays Hall of Famer Carl Crawford was a three-time winner of the award — formally called the Don Zimmer MVP award and presented by the Tampa Bay chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of called

Verb

Relations between China and the United States had by then converged to the degree that Carter was willing to abandon Taiwan, a longtime American ally, and transfer diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing.

— Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2026
Spending and wage growth have largely converged across income groups, meaning the gaps between how much low-, middle-, and high-income households are earning and spending have narrowed, according to the report.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of converged

Verb

Dolce’s cool, reductive architectural sense, with its airy vistas and great open spaces inside and out (perfect for their energetic Labradors, Lola and her son, Dali), is cluttered with the eclectic bounty that Gabbana has assembled over the years.

— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026
The masa must then be mixed with fat, broth and salt and aerated to achieve the right consistency before the tamales can be assembled, carefully wrapped and cooked.

— Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of assembled

Verb

According to Treasury, fishing vessels secretly rendezvoused at sea with smaller go-fast boats carrying cocaine north through the eastern Pacific.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
Hayabusa2 launched in December 2014 and rendezvoused with the asteroid Ryugu four years later.

— Andrew Jones, Space.com, 28 June 2026

Definition of rendezvoused

Browse Nearby Words

convene

convened

convenes

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Convened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convened. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of convened

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

nemesis

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Why do we use apostrophes to show possession?

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

The Exceptions of '-s' and '-es' Plurals

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Popular in Wordplay

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary

Words from the 'Odyssey'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

Why do we say 'fly off the handle'?

Popular

Why do we use apostrophes to show possession?

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary

Games & Quizzes