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gathering
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of GATHERING
1
a body of people come together in one place <the President spoke before the gathering of student leaders>
2
a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose <attended a gathering for descendants of people who came to America on the Mayflower>
Synonyms assembly, congress, convention, convocation, council, gathering, get-together, huddle, powwow
Related Words clinic, workshop; cabinet, caucus, conclave, synod; demonstration, rally; confab, conversation, dialogue (also dialog), discourse, discussion, palaver, talk; negotiation, parley, summit; conference, forum, round-robin, roundtable, seminar, symposium; audience, interview, session
3
a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time <a great gathering of dust under the bed>
Synonyms accretion, assemblage, collection, cumulation, cumulus, gathering, lodgment (or lodgement), pileup
Related Words agglomerate, assortment, congeries, conglomerate, conglomeration, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, jumble, medley, mélange, mishmash, mix, mixture, motley, potpourri; agglomeration, clutter, hash, heap, litter, mass, pile; aggregate, aggregation, sum, totality; backlog, cache, fund, hoard, inventory, kitty, nest egg, reserve, stock, stockpile, store, supply
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