Synonyms of convening

convening 1 of 2

noun

as in convocation

Related Words

• convocation
• summons
• mustering
• muster
• mobilization
• rallying
• call
• rally
• marshaling
• call-up

convening

2 of 2

verb

present participle of convene

1

as in summoning

to bring together in assembly by or as if by command

convened the members of the council for an emergency session

Synonyms & Similar Words

• summoning
• mustering
• calling
• assembling
• convoking
• gathering
• rallying
• reconvening
• grouping
• calling out
• collecting
• calling up
• calling in
• amassing
• reassembling
• rounding up
• knelling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dissolving
• breaking up

2

as in meeting

to come together into one body or place

the conventioneers convened in the auditorium to hear the guest speaker

Synonyms & Similar Words

• meeting
• gathering
• converging
• assembling
• joining
• congregating
• rendezvousing
• clustering
• collecting
• getting together
• merging
• concentrating
• collaborating
• cooperating
• reconvening
• conglomerating
• uniting
• forgathering
• consolidating
• coupling
• concentering
• allying
• federating
• affiliating
• consorting
• caucusing
• clubbing
• banding (together)
• conjoining
• ganging up
• reassembling
• associating
• confederating
• regathering
• remeeting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dispersing
• disbanding
• splitting (up)
• leaving
• departing
• breaking up
• taking off
• dissociating
• disuniting
• disjoining

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of convening

Noun

Several chiefs were in the front row of the crowd as the governors approved the directive during a December convening at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2026

Weiser and others behind the initiative turned that concept on its side, saying the university should instead be a convening force — so that startups could feed off of each other and harness the expertise and viewpoints of others. — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2026

At that December 2001 convening, one rescue worker said that while individuals can do heroic things, what New York saw after 9/11 was only possible because people came together for a common goal. — Brendan Griffith, New York Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026

Instead of its usual one-day annual meeting, the global convening platform is hosting a series of talks during New York Fashion Week. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026

This is part of a series of essays drawn from the Georgetown Global Dialogues, an ongoing program convening writers and intellectuals, many from the Global South, to discuss ways of confronting our current political crises. — Pankaj Mishra, The New York Review of Books, 27 Aug. 2026

At a convening in Santa Fe, tribes gathered to protest the Bureau of Indian Education, and among the protesters was John Rainer, a tribal leader from Taos Pueblo. — Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

By early 2026, Moms for Liberty disbanded its Florida Legislative Committee, a convening of chapter chairs across the state to discuss policy, school board elections and continued grassroots efforts. — Trinity Webster-Bass, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

Disruptions caused by the war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz will also hasten the oil industry’s adoption of AI, AIQ CEO Dennis Jol said at the convening. — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 18 June 2026

Verb

The execs sent a hefty memo to employees laying out goals and followed up by convening a town hall. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026

Behind closed doors, the Nuggets broke into three units and scrimmaged for three full quarters Friday afternoon, their first game simulation since convening for a training camp that has been largely focused on granular schematic details. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 2 Oct. 2026

What’s Happening On a 2019 episode of Jada Pinkett Smith’s Facebook Watch series Red Table Talk, Will Smith described convening an emergency family meeting about his eating habits. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Yet, under current leadership, our role is largely reduced to convening twice a year to rubber-stamp an existing top-down agenda. — Caitlin Ogden, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026

Democrats, meanwhile, are pressing for a more robust response, convening in private on Tuesday in the House to discuss AI. — Steven Sloan, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026

The House is also returning Monday after convening earlier this month following its own five-week recess. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026

The Jackson County District Attorney's office has previously said convening a grand jury does not mean there is any criminality and is standard procedure for most unnatural or suspicious deaths in the county. — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

The Academy is convening its full Board and Awards & Nominations Committee to work with members of and leaders from this community to seek further advice on the category, as well as its process for introducing new categories and awards. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026