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

No details were given about a date or place for a future meeting. — Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026

Output Is What Happens, Impact Is What Changes Output is tasks completed, projects shipped, meetings held and Slack messages answered. — Ben Plomion, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Verb

This weekend, a lot of women were, consciously or not, trying to answer that question—to the benefit of the publishers meeting their demand. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026

In post shared to social media, Takei recalled the first time meeting Koenig, their friendship, and how Koenig served as the best man at his wedding. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2026

Phrases Containing meeting

• meeting of minds