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 Here’s a closer look at the remaining meetings between division contenders. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026 Every single practice, right after the position meetings, Coach Reid and his staff come back. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026 After flooding the courtyard, crushing vehicles and destroying part of one of the surrounding buildings, the liquid flowed into the buildings’ lower floors, where workers were holding morning meetings. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 Gray is central to the investment calls Blackstone makes, and spends his weekends reading memos on potential deals in preparation for his weekly investment committee meetings. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Local residents helped set up informal community meetings to discuss the data center at the public library, and opposition kept building. — Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026 In Norway, the official duties of the sovereign are primarily ceremonial, but the monarch heads Council of State meetings on Fridays and formally opens the new session of the Norwegian Parliament each year. — James Frater, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 Jackson had a prime seat at Davis’ A&R meetings, which were notoriously chilly, loud, and, yes, long. — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2026 This saved hundreds of thousands of hours and made employees permanently warier of adding meetings back onto their calendars. — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for meetings

Noun

The Gloria Steinem Foundation now exists to maintain her New York City residence as a permanent site of the feminist movement, having housed many formative gatherings that contributed to women’s liberation.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
In recent years, Steinem had expanded her community in New York, hosting a steady stream of gatherings of women in her living room.

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of gatherings

Noun

Eze, whose ministry has churches in the US, UK, and Canada, said many who attend his conferences are Black, but some are White as well.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Steinem, who struggled with stage fright most of her life, talked with women at gigantic conferences and in intimate kaffeeklatsches.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 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

Usually that’s taken care of by airing both party conventions — but Democrats aren’t holding any such midterm equivalent.

— Daniel Strauss, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Learn all about some of the most prominent unwritten rules and conventions of America’s national pastime.

— Tushaar Kuthiala, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of conventions

Noun

The company says the facility would manufacture Lead Test Assemblies (LTAs), full-scale fuel assemblies that can be placed into operating commercial reactors for testing.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
In the library/innovation center, the furniture like whiteboard tables, benches, booths, ottomans and shelves are on wheels, easily moved to change the layout and open up the space for events, assemblies or performances.

— Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of assemblies

Noun

Testing enough combinations to learn which matter used to take months.

— Zoe Huang, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
The successive combinations, industry experts have said, have been driven by desires to diversify economically, and keep up with expensive technology investments that have become necessary in the finance industry.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of combinations

Noun

Beginning in 1989, oil and acrylic paints gave way to olive oil, henna, tea, spices, and coffee, while animal glue, mud, and leather also shaped the group’s posters, paintings, and mixed-media assemblages.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Often these assemblages of items are tied together in a bundle or bag and may be referred to as hands, mojos, or gris-gris.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of assemblages

Noun

Both the current Superintendent Jose Dotres and the board’s pick to replace him, Rafael Villalobos, have signaled that a higher number of closures and consolidations are coming.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
The reports have raised concerns among parents regarding potential school closures or consolidations.

— Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026