Synonyms of convocation

convocation

noun

ˌkän-və-ˈkā-shən 

1

as in assembly

a body of people come together in one place

the first speaker to address the convocation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assembly
• conference
• meeting
• assemblage
• gathering
• congregation
• audience
• symposium
• synod
• panel
• ingathering
• throng
• crowd
• muster
• caucus
• swarm
• flock
• market
• forum
• coterie
• rally
• house
• gang
• consort
• grandstand
• company
• multitude
• pack
• gallery
• horde
• press
• rabble
• legion
• mob
• crush
• rabblement

2

as in meeting

a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose

called for a national convocation of both the clergy and the laity to discuss the crisis in the church

Synonyms & Similar Words

• meeting
• gathering
• convention
• assembly
• conclave
• symposium
• conference
• synod
• council
• congress
• seminar
• workshop
• session
• get-together
• caucus
• discussion
• rally
• summit
• demonstration
• conversation
• dialogue
• discourse
• huddle
• cabinet
• clinic
• interview
• negotiation
• forum
• audience
• talk
• confab
• roundtable
• palaver
• round-robin
• parley

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of convocation

On March 5, Washington Square News editor Leena Ahmed broke the story that NYU has canceled all live student graduation speakers for all of its upcoming commencement and convocation ceremonies this spring. — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026

Future 2 Schools were among several brief announcements at a beginning-of-the-year teachers' convocation. — Nusaiba Mizan, Houston Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2026

Multigenerational convocations among Central Asian thinkers remain exceptionally rare. — Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026

Rochon, who was giving his second convocation since becoming president at CSUF prior to the 2024 fall semester, went into specifics on how CSUF’s past, present and future are in alignment with the university’s Fullerton Forward Strategic Plan. — Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025