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

The proposal was not on the July 14 meeting agenda, but about 25 residents used the public comment portion of the meeting to voice their concerns and objections, speaking for a large portion of the two-hour meeting. — Alexandra Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026

After weeks as leader-in-waiting, Burnham officially became prime minister during a meeting with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, where the monarch asked him to form a government. — Jill Lawless, Fortune, 20 July 2026

Verb

There’s no way that at least 90 minutes of this allegedly 165-minute movie isn’t these guys all meeting up in different combinations and explaining their deal to one another. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 July 2026

Try to keep meeting locations limited to spaces where spending money isn’t the expectation. — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 20 July 2026

Phrases Containing meeting

• meeting of minds