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

Attendance at this year’s show is up about 5% from last year, according to Cinema United, the trade group that organizes the four-day convocation of thousands of movie theater owners, studio executives and industry folks at Caesars Palace. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026

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