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Synonyms for meeting

  • noun

Most common

conference gathering meet-up appointment pow-wow rendezvous tryst

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Coming together

coming together, merging, conflux

2. Conference

conference, gathering, convocation, council, assembly, convention, interview, synod, union, congregation, confluence, talk, convergence, junction, concourse, assemblage, congress dated

3. Encounter

encounter, clash, collision, appulse rare

Other

meet-up, rendezvous, pow-wow, appointment, tryst, crossing

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The act of persons or things that meet.

    Meeting him will be exciting. I enjoy meeting new people.

  2. n. 2

    A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.

    We need to have a meeting about that soon.

  3. n. 3

    The people at such a gathering.

    What has the meeting decided.

Related words

Phrases
meeting place meeting house meeting of minds meeting room revival meeting tent meeting virtual meeting

Forms

Plural
meetings → mergings, confluxes, conferences, gatherings…

Choose the right word

or Meeting?

Meeting is neutral, and may be of the dearest friends or of the bitterest foes; of objects, of persons, or of opinions; of two or of a multitude.

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

Example sentences

  • conference The whole world is watching the summit conference.
  • gathering The top execs are gathering for a power breakfast.
  • appointment But I have an appointment with my client tomorrow.
  • rendezvous Tom bought, for his rendezvous, a flower and some gifts.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
meetingfalling
conferencefalling
gatheringrising
appointmentfalling

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

By length

4 letters
talk1
5 letters
union2, clash1, synod2, tryst1
7 letters
council2, merging2, conflux, appulse
8 letters
congress2, assembly3, crossing2, junction2
9 letters
interview3, encounter3, gathering3, collision3, concourse2
10 letters
conference3, convention3, rendezvous3, confluence3, assemblage3
11 letters
appointment3, convergence3, convocation4
12 letters
congregation4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (union2 = 2 syllables).

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