Synonyms of meeting

meeting 1 of 2

noun

ˈmē-tiŋ 

1

as in gathering

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 & Similar Words

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

2

as in conference

a body of people come together in one place

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

3

as in convergence

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

a meeting of two railroad lines

Synonyms & Similar Words

• convergence
• confluence
• merging
• combining
• conjunction
• combination
• convergency
• connecting
• consolidation
• unification
• joining
• linking
• union
• connection
• junction
• coupling
• juncture

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• divergence

meeting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of meet

1

as in encountering

to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face

we never once met another car on that lonely country road

Synonyms & Similar Words

• encountering
• confronting
• catching
• greeting
• happening (upon)
• running into
• running across
• stumbling (upon)
• bumping into
• facing
• crossing paths (with)
• running upon
• accosting
• passing
• chancing (upon)
• saluting
• crossing
• colliding (with)
• crashing (into)
• crisscrossing
• hitting (upon)
• tumbling (to)
• lighting (upon)
• remeeting
• reencountering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoiding
• shaking
• escaping
• evading
• dodging
• eluding
• shunning
• ducking

2

as in converging

to come together into one body or place

we'll meet for dinner, with a discussion to follow, next week

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in finding

to come upon unexpectedly or by chance

met her future husband at a party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• finding
• encountering
• running against
• hitting (upon)
• happening (on or upon)
• coming across
• running into
• lighting (on or upon)
• running across
• tumbling (upon)
• bumping into
• stumbling (on or onto)
• pitching (upon)
• facing
• discovering
• confronting
• running upon
• chancing (upon)
• lucking (out, on, onto, or into)
• turning up
• striking

4

as in fulfilling

to do what is required by the terms of

a financially struggling city trying to meet its loans

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fulfilling
• keeping
• satisfying
• completing
• answering
• filling
• finalizing
• complying (with)
• making good
• finishing
• accomplishing
• achieving
• concluding
• redeeming
• executing
• abiding by
• making
• effecting
• carrying out
• bringing about
• consummating
• perfecting
• performing
• committing
• discharging
• bringing off
• following through (with)
• compassing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• violating
• breaking
• breaching
• ignoring
• transgressing
• forgetting
• neglecting
• disregarding
• overlooking
• defaulting (on)
• passing over
• slighting
• overpassing

5

as in facing

to enter into contest or conflict with

the up-and-coming boxer will meet the reigning champ for the first time tomorrow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• facing
• encountering
• engaging
• fighting
• battling
• taking on
• opposing
• emulating
• contending
• rivaling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• escaping
• evading
• retreating
• eluding

6

as in matching

to produce something equal to (as in quality or value)

I'll meet your bet, nay, I'll even raise it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• matching
• tying
• approaching
• surpassing
• touching
• beating
• equaling
• topping
• transcending
• bettering
• excelling
• eclipsing
• amounting (to)
• rivaling
• approximating
• outstripping
• paralleling
• outdoing
• overtopping
• outshining
• keeping up
• outdistancing
• measuring up (to)
• stacking up (against or with)

7

as in standing

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

trying to meet the challenge of going to college while working at a full-time job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• standing
• handling
• accepting
• tolerating
• taking
• enduring
• sustaining
• bearing
• supporting
• wearing
• absorbing
• living with
• sticking out
• swallowing
• going
• standing for
• hacking
• abiding
• biding
• stomaching
• lumping (it)
• countenancing
• pocketing
• sweating out
• brooking
• suffering
• permitting
• toughing it out
• allowing
• respecting
• reconciling (to)
• acquiescing
• submitting (to)
• yielding (to)
• agreeing (with or to)
• consenting (to)
• assenting (to)
• capitulating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismissing
• refusing
• rejecting
• declining
• fighting
• opposing
• resisting
• turning down
• combating
• repudiating
• avoiding
• missing
• contesting
• escaping
• evading
• spurning
• dodging
• bypassing
• eluding
• circumventing
• refraining (from)
• abstaining (from)
• forbearing

8

as in paying

to give what is owed for

I paid a portion of the long-distance bill to keep my carrier from cutting off service until I can meet the remainder of the charges

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paying
• settling
• standing
• balancing
• discharging
• paying off
• liquidating
• clearing
• springing (for)
• footing
• quitting
• paying up
• recompensing
• ponying up
• anteing (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repudiating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of meeting

Noun

Upon meeting, Neal said one agent instructed her to wait outside. — Juliana Kim, NPR, 13 July 2026

The Sox secured the first pick in the 2026 Major League Baseball draft by winning the league’s lottery at their annual winter meetings. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026

Verb

After meeting in 2019, Austin, 31, and Marideth, 28, started dating, collaborating on social media, and dancing together. — Rachel Brodsky, Time, 14 July 2026

Dennis Sochor, convicted of killing 18-year-old Patricia Gifford just hours into 1982 after meeting her at a New Year's Eve party, would be just a week older if his execution is carried out on Tuesday. — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 13 July 2026

Phrases Containing meeting

• meeting of minds