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meeting

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of meeting

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

  • there will be another committee meeting next week to discuss the parish fair
Synonyms of meeting

assembly, congress, convention, convocation, council, gathering, get-together, huddle, powwow
Words Related to meeting

clinic, workshop

cabinet, caucus, conclave, synod

demonstration, rally

confab, conversation, dialogue (also dialog), discourse, discussion, palaver, talk

negotiation, parley, summit

conference, forum, round-robin, roundtable, seminar, symposium

audience, interview, session

2 a body of people come together in one place

  • a meeting marked by no consensus of what needs to be done
Synonyms of meeting

assemblage, assembly, conference, congregation, convocation, gathering, ingathering, muster
Words Related to meeting

company, consort, coterie, gang, pack

caucus, forum, market, panel, rally, symposium, synod

audience, gallery, grandstand, house

crowd, flock, horde, legion, multitude, press, swarm, throng

crush, mob, rabble, rabblement

3 the coming together of two or more things to the same point

  • a meeting of two railroad lines
Synonyms of meeting

confluence, conjunction, convergence, convergency
Words Related to meeting

combination, combining, connecting, connection, consolidation, coupling, joining, junction, juncture, linking, merging, unification, union
Antonyms of meeting

divergence

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