gatherings
People coming together
Gatherings is the plural of gathering—instances where people come together in one place.
The word covers everything from small family gatherings to large public gatherings.
A gathering can also be a collection of things brought together: a gathering of dust, a gathering of clouds on the horizon.
Constructing from components
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
- forumGathering place for discourse
convocation · convention · plenary · delegation · caucus · committee · hearing · quorum
Returning to one's origin
- alumniFormer school members
- familyRelated people together
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
memories · reminisce · reconnect · photographs · generations · descendants · lineage · roots
Organized public celebration
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- fairImpartial and unbiased
fiesta · gala · jamboree · pageant · feast · ceremony · spectacle · merrymaking
Gathering for celebration
- receptionAct of receiving guests
- soireeFormal evening party
- mixerCombines ingredients or people
- banquetFormal celebratory meal
shindig · get-together · meetup · function · bash · potluck · barbecue · dinner
Assembled group of worshippers
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- prayerAddress to deity
- serviceAid or maintenance
- massQuantity of matter
sermon · liturgy · choir · hymns · parishioners · fellowship · ministry · vigil
Residential area nearby
- solidarityUnity among allies
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- supportTo uphold or sustain
network · alliance · partnership · cooperative · collective · townhall · volunteer · outreach
assembly
Constructing from components
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
forum · convocation · convention · plenary · delegation · caucus · committee · hearing · quorum · deliberation
homecoming
Returning to one's origin
nostalgia · memories · reminisce · reconnect · photographs · generations · descendants · lineage · roots · milestone
festival
Organized public celebration
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- paradeCeremonial public procession
fair · fiesta · gala · jamboree · pageant · feast · ceremony · spectacle · merrymaking · cultural
party
Gathering for celebration
banquet · shindig · get-together · meetup · function · bash · potluck · barbecue · dinner · luncheon
congregation
Assembled group of worshippers
mass · sermon · liturgy · choir · hymns · parishioners · fellowship · ministry · vigil · revival
neighborhood
Residential area nearby
- solidarityUnity among allies
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
support · network · alliance · partnership · cooperative · collective · townhall · volunteer · outreach · civic
- communityneighbors, neighborliness, neighborhoods, kinship, community centers
- community buildingpotluck, cookout, block party, barn raising, quilting bee
- Community Lifetraditions, neighborhood, customs, village, festivals
- family traditionsfamily traditions, holiday dinner, family dinner, family reunions, bedtime story
- Kazakh Culturenomadic culture, hospitality customs, koumiss, horse games, horsemanship
- celebrationsgraduation, festival, party, wedding, fireworks
gatheringsscatterings
Dispersed small quantities
dispersals · disbandments · dissipations · separations · dispersions
gatheringsisolations
States of being apart
solitude · isolation · seclusions · solitudes · separations
- gathering dustUnused and accumulating particles
- family gatheringRelatives meeting socially
- news gatheringCollecting information for publication
- gathering steamGaining power progressively
- afternoon gatheringDaytime social occasion
- holiday gatheringsSeasonal social occasions