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 Geopolitics aside, central bank meetings are a key focus as the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and peers in Japan, the UK and Canada are all scheduled to decide on policy. —

Ashutosh Joshi, Bloomberg, 27 Apr. 2026 Eventually, the meetings adjourned and turned into a social occasion. —

Michael Silver, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026 At the same time, the county is kickstarting public outreach efforts for the project, including monthly informational Zoom meetings and door-to-door outreach. —

Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026 The writers got the studios to agree to alert the union if a studio licenses writers’ work for AI training and continue holding meetings with the union on implementation. —

Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2026 The 12-month intensive includes a financials bootcamp, pitch deck design, guidance on developing a target list of investors — and help landing those meetings — to help drive sustainable growth. —

Wendy Naugle, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026 Though such meetings between rulers have been happening for centuries, they have been formalized in the modern era, and contemporary state visits usually follow a predictable pattern. —

Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 26 Apr. 2026 Assessment staff were repeatedly tasked with sending out communications that should have come from the BOE, the state found, while the BOE violated public records law by holding closed meetings without taking publicly available notes from January 2023 to December 2024. —

Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026 Tiwary and Graham will shadow European and Asian teams through the program’s full schedule of industry meetings and events. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for meetings

Noun

The Nuremberg rallies were simply political stage plays, with music from Wagner, drums, symmetrical marching formations, red flags, and gatherings often held in darkness to heighten the mood.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Without a doubt, guests would never get such a light touch there, where the security protocol for large gatherings calls for checkpoints—sometimes several of them, including mandatory ID checks and physical screening.

— Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026