MEETINGS Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

meetings

noun

plural of meeting

as in gatherings

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

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as in conferences

a body of people come together in one place a meeting marked by no consensus of what needs to be done

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as in confluences

the coming together of two or more things to the same point a meeting of two railroad lines

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divergences

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Recent Examples of meetings Each of the last six meetings have featured goals from both teams, with neither side keeping a clean sheet. — ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026 What’s next In the last two weeks there have been at least two meetings where residents discussed the project and community investments. — Dj Simmons august 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026 Aspiring leaders often view their calendars as a list of obligations - from meetings to flights to deadlines. — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 During a pair of meetings this month before the Norwalk Planning and Zoning Commission, dozens of residents showed up to voice their opposition to the proposal and call for further vetting of the project’s impacts on traffic, noise and pollution. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026 The Athletic reported that during UEFA and Concacaf’s respective meetings, Infantino’s future leadership of FIFA was questioned. — Ali Rampling, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026 During the Falcons’ defensive meetings, everybody stands up and talks about their heart, mind and fist. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Jacobs said he had been impressed by Galliano during the meetings. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2026 The dire time restraints were real, along with the contentious Zoom meetings or phone calls that have taken place over the past five months. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for meetings

Noun

The business, which opened in downtown Lee’s Summit last fall, offers a mobile charcuterie service for off-site gatherings ranging from small get-togethers to large events.

— Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
These three gatherings offered distinct vantage points of marketing, customer experience, and finance operations.

— Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of gatherings

Noun

There’s also the matter of whether smaller conferences, long in favor of the bill, would remain so now that their bigger competition is being allowed to directly pay players more than double what was previously allowed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
The Playoff remains parked at 12 teams, and some G6 conferences shuffled teams, now including North Dakota State and Sacramento State.

— Jason Kirk, New York Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of conferences

Noun

The carbon released by tectonic rifts may have had a larger role in driving major climate transitions than that released by tectonic convergences.

— Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Although Turning Point’s show was intended to offer a radical contrast, the many thematic convergences only strengthened that argument.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026

Definition of convergences

Noun

Since the tournament began, police have declared unlawful assemblies twice, including late July 5, when a crowd began throwing bottles at officers.

— Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 19 July 2026
The entire primary loop, containing the reactor core, control mechanisms, and steam generation assemblies, is enclosed within a single cylindrical steel capsule.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026

Definition of assemblies

Noun

Other combinations compete for attention or overwhelm each other.

— Kent Merrell, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
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

Definition of combinations

Noun

Six years later, MOCA commissioned Saar to create a series of assemblages and installations to accompany 10 performances of Ellen Sebastian’s theatrical production Sanctified.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 28 July 2026
Pathbreaking artist Betye Saar, whose powerful assemblages of racist memorabilia served up scorching commentary on the condition of the Black American—particularly the Black American woman—died on July 26 in Los Angeles.

— News Desk, Artforum, 28 July 2026

Definition of assemblages

Noun

After spending nearly two years consolidating, the stock broke out in the second half of 2025 and has since advanced through a series of healthy consolidations.

— Assiatou Hann, CNBC, 29 July 2026
And it’s also navigated through periods of consolidations, reducing the size of the staff as the industry endured consolidations.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 27 July 2026