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Synonyms for meet

  • verb

Most common

see encounter come together come across assemble congregate satisfy touch

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Encounter

see, encounter, come together, come across, find, happen upon, run across, face, fall upon, run into, confront, engage, experience

2. Assemble

assemble, congregate, convene, gather, unite, flock together, harmonize, harmonise UK, collect, press, muster, concur, forgather rare US, foregather UK

3. Satisfy

satisfy, fulfill US, fulfil UK, fit, agree, comply, fill, answer, gratify

4. Touch

touch, contact, adjoin

Other

match, converge, take on, suffer, play, receive, fall in with, collide formal, bear, equal, defray, abut

Antonyms

pass, evade, diverge

All antonyms of meet →

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To make contact (with someone) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.

    Fancy meeting you here! Guess who I met at the supermarket today?

  2. v. 2

    To make contact (with someone) while in proximity. To come face to face with someone by arrangement.

    Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock.

  3. v. 3

    To make contact (with someone) while in proximity. To get acquainted with someone.

    José, I don't think you've met my friend Maria.

  4. v. 4

    To come together. To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.

    I met with them several times. The government ministers met today to start the negotiations.

Related words

Word family
meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery meet-up meetly meetness
Phrases
meet with cornfield meet prairie meet swap meet make ends meet meet cute meet halfway meet one's maker

Choose the right word

or Meet?

Meet, a somewhat archaic word, expresses a moral fitness; as, meet for heaven.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • find Everywhere you go, you will find the same scenery.
  • encounter The story of their encounter is somewhat humorous.
  • convene They convene every evening at the library.
  • congregate In the winter the elk congregate on the golf course.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
meetsteady
findrising
encounterrising
convenefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
see1, fit1
4 letters
find1, play1, face1, bear1, fill1, abut2
5 letters
press1, match1, agree2, touch1, equal2, unite2
6 letters
answer2, suffer2, engage2, gather2, comply2, fulfil2, muster2, concur2, defray2, adjoin2
7 letters
contact2, receive2, collect2, satisfy3, fulfill2, collide2, convene2, gratify3
8 letters
confront2, assemble3, converge2
9 letters
encounter3, harmonize3, harmonise, forgather
10 letters
experience4, congregate3, foregather

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abut2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
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Italiano
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