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meeting - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | meeting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gathering, conference |
| Synonyms: | affair, assemblage, assembly, assignation, audience, bunch, call, cattle call, company, competition, conclave, concourse, conflict, confrontation, congregation, congress, contest, convention, convocation, date, encounter, engagement, gang, get-together, huddle, introduction, meet, parley, powwow*, rally, rendezvous, reunion, session, showdown, talk, tryst, turnout*, concursion, confab, one on one |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meeting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | convergence, intersection |
| Synonyms: | abutment, agreement, concourse, confluence, conjunction, connection, contact, crossing, junction, juxtaposition, unification, union, apposition, joining |
| Antonyms: | division, separation |
| Main Entry: | meet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen on |
| Synonyms: | accost, affront, bump into, clash, collide, come across, confront, contact, cross, encounter, engage, experience, face, find, front, get together, grapple, greet, hit, light, luck*, salute, see, strike, stumble, tumble, tussle, wrestle, brush against, chance on, come up against, dig up, fall in with, make a meet, meet face to face, rendezvous with, rub eyeballs, run across, run into, run up against, touch shoulders |
| Antonyms: | miss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | connect, join |
| Synonyms: | abut, adhere, adjoin, border, coincide, connect, converge, cross, intersect, link, reach, touch, unite, link up |
| Antonyms: | disconnect, disjoin, divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | meet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform, carry out |
| Synonyms: | answer, approach, come up to, comply, discharge, equal, execute, fit, fulfill, gratify, handle, match, rival, satisfy, suffice, tie, touch, cope with, measure up |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge |
| Main Entry: | meet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come together, convene |
| Synonyms: | appear, assemble, collect, congregate, converge, flock, gather, get together, join, muster, open, rally, rendezvous, show, sit, be introduced, be present, be presented, enter in, foregather, get to know, make acquaintance |
| Antonyms: | cancel |
| Main Entry: | briefing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preparation by informing of facts |
| Synonyms: | conference, discussion, guidance, information, initiation, instruction, meeting, preamble, rundown, update, background meeting, directions, priming |
| Main Entry: | caucus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group gathered to make decision |
| Synonyms: | assembly, conclave, convention, council, gathering, get-together, meeting, parley, session |
| Main Entry: | competition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contest |
| Synonyms: | antagonism, bout, candidacy, championship, clash, contention, controversy, encounter, engagement, event, fight, game, go for it, jungle*, match, meeting, opposition, puzzle, quiz, race, racing, rat race*, rivalry, run, sport, strife, striving, struggle, tilt, tournament, trial, warfare, athletic event, concours, counteraction, do or die, dog eat dog, emulation, go for the gold, horse race, matchup, one on one, one-upping, pairing off, tug-of-war |
| Notes: | competition refers to an abstract quality, whereas competitiveness implies a practical activity whose manifestation can be observed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confluence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming together |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, assembly, concourse, concurrence, convergence, crowd, gathering, host, junction, meeting, mob, multitude, union, concursion, conflux |
| Main Entry: | confrontation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conflict |
| Synonyms: | affray, battle, contest, crisis, dispute, encounter, fight, meeting, showdown, strife, set-to |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
| Main Entry: | congregation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assembled group, especially concerned with church-going |
| Synonyms: | aggregation, assemblage, assembly, audience, collection, company, crowd, flock, following, gathering, get-together, group, host, laity, meet, meeting, multitude, muster, parish, public, sit-in, throng, turnout, churchgoers, confab, disciples, parishioners |
| Main Entry: | congress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delegation of representatives |
| Synonyms: | assembly, association, caucus, chamber, club, committee, conclave, conference, convention, convocation, council, government, guild, league, legislature, meeting, order, parliament, society, union, delegates, legislative body, senate, the Hill, the house |
| Main Entry: | consultation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | asking, conference |
| Synonyms: | appointment, argument, conference, council, deliberation, dialogue, discussion, examination, hearing, huddle, interview, meeting, powwow*, session, buzz session, clambake, confab, groupthink, second opinion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contiguous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adjacent, in contact |
| Synonyms: | adjoining, beside, bordering, close, conterminous, meeting, near, nearby, neighboring, next, touching, abutting, approximal, contactual, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, near-at-hand, next door to, next to |
| Antonyms: | divided, separated |
| Main Entry: | convocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assembly |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, congress, convention, council, diet, get-together, meet, meeting, powwow*, synod, turnout, confab |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discussion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk with another |
| Synonyms: | altercation, analysis, argument, canvass, colloquy, conference, consideration, consultation, contention, controversy, conversation, debate, deliberation, dialogue, discourse, disputation, dispute, dissertation, examination, exchange, huddle, interview, meet, meeting, powwow*, quarrel, review, scrutiny, symposium, ventilation, argumentation, confabulation, excursus, groupthink, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gathering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assemblage, accumulation |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, affair, aggregate, aggregation, association, band, body, bunch, caucus, collection, company, concentration, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, crush, drove, flock, function, gain, get-together, group, heap, herd, horde, huddle, junction, knot, levy, mass, meet, meeting, muster, parley, party, pile, powwow*, rally, roundup, society, stock, stockpile, swarm, throng, turnout, union, clambake, social function |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | huddle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assemblage, crowd, often disorganized |
| Synonyms: | bunch, chaos, cluster, clutter, conference, confusion, disarray, discussion, disorder, gathering, group, heap, jumble, mass, meeting, mess*, muddle, confab |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interview |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | questioning and evaluation |
| Synonyms: | account, audience, call, call back, cattle call, communication, conference, consultation, conversation, dialogue, examination, hearing, meeting, oral, parley, press conference, record, statement, talk |
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