Synonyms for gathering
ˈgæð ər ɪŋgath·er·ing

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gathering

   Company, from the Latin cum, with, and panis, bread, denotes primarily the association of those who eat at a common table, or the persons so associated, table-companions, messmates, friends, and hence is widely extended to include any association of those united permanently or temporarily, for business, pleasure, festivity, travel, etc., or by sorrow, misfortune, or wrong; company may denote an indefinite number (ordinarily more than two), but less than a multitude; in the military sense a company is a limited and definite number of men; company implies more unity of feeling and purpose than crowd, and is a less formal and more familiar word than assemblage or assembly. An assemblage may be of persons or of objects; an assembly is always of persons. An assemblage is promiscuous and unorganized; an assembly is organized and united in some common purpose. A conclave is a secret assembly. A convocation is an assembly called by authority for a special purpose; the term convention suggests less dependence upon any superior authority or summons. A group is small in number and distinct in outline, clearly marked off from all else in space or time. Collection, crowd, gathering, group, and multitude have the unorganized and promiscuous character of the assemblage; the other terms come under the general idea of assembly. Congregation is now almost exclusively religious; meeting is often so used, but is less restricted, as we may speak of a meeting of armed men. Gathering refers to a coming together, commonly of numbers, from far and near; as, the gathering of the Scottish clans.

   Synonyms:
   assemblage, assembly, collection, company, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, convention, convocation, crowd, group, host, meeting, multitude, throng

   Antonyms:
   dispersion, loneliness, privacy, retirement, seclusion, solitude

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gathering, assemblagenoun

   a group of persons together in one place

   Synonyms:
   hookup, assembly, assemblage, collection, gather, accumulation, aggregation

2. assembly, assemblage, gatheringnoun

   the social act of assembling

   "they demanded the right of assembly"

   Synonyms:
   hookup, fabrication, assembly, meeting place, assemblage, collection, gather, forum, accumulation, aggregation

3. gather, gatheringnoun

   the act of gathering something

   Synonyms:
   assembly, gather, assemblage

4. gather, gatheringnoun

   sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching

   Synonyms:
   assembly, gather, assemblage

Matched Categories

1. • Collection
   • Sewing
   • Social Group

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. negetnoun

   we use this term all the time when scheduling a classmate get together

   when is the next neget?

   Submitted by husserturner on November 14, 2021  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gatheringnoun

   Synonyms:
   acquisition, collecting, procuring, earning, gain

2. gatheringnoun

   Synonyms:
   assemblage, assembly, company, meeting, collection, concourse, congregation, muster

3. gatheringnoun

   Synonyms:
   abscess, sore, ulcer, fester, imposthume, pustule

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gatheringnoun

   Synonyms:
   collection, crowd, assembly, congregation, concourse, assemblage, muster, party, company, accumulation, amassing, amassment, abscess, imposthume, ulcer, boil, carbuncle, suppuration, maturation, pustule

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "gathering":

   collection, collecting, collect, rassemblement, gather, rally, meeting, compilation, tajammu, staging, compiling, harvesting, picking, collation, assembly

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1. Palmetto Ridge:

   I've never seen them so happy. The mood at Palmetto Ridge is in contrast to some other bands and performers who are refusing to attend for political reasons. Not one Washington, D.C., high school marching band will be in Trump’s Inauguration Day parade, the first time that has happened in six inaugurations. There are also online petitions gathering signatures to urge some marching bands to drop out, like the University of Tennessee-Knoxville’s and the Talladega College Band in Alabama. I don't look at it as a political issue.

2. Richard Mallinson:

   We've definitely seen an improvement in global sentiment, we've also seen growing indications that the declines in U.S. production may be gathering pace again.

3. Mitch McConnell:

   In parallel to the gathering for this dangerous agreement, the proxies of Iran in the Middle East are carrying out a wide occupation of Yemen, the Iran-Lausanne-Yemen axis is very dangerous to mankind and needs to be stopped.

4. Spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd:

   It is a good sign that P-Move has ended its gathering. The government wants to solve problems for every group among all Thai people.

5. Fred Allen:

   A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.