Synonyms and Antonyms of gathering
1
a body of people come together in one place
- the President spoke before the gathering of student leaders
company, consort, coterie, gang, pack
caucus, forum, market, panel, rally, symposium, synod
audience, gallery, grandstand, house
crowd, flock, horde, legion, multitude, press, swarm, throng
crush, mob, rabble, rabblement
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
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
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
