meeting of minds
Shared understanding reached
A meeting of minds is mutual understanding or agreement between parties, especially regarding the essential terms of a contract or arrangement.
In law, it's a requirement for valid contracts—both parties must share the same understanding of what they're agreeing to.
More broadly, it describes any moment when people reach genuine accord: After hours of debate, we finally had a meeting of minds.
- accordHarmony between parties
- consensusGeneral group agreement
- ideaMental formation
- concurrenceState of agreeing
- same pageState of shared understanding
agreement · harmony · concordance · on the same wavelength · click · understanding · seeing eye to eye · mutuality · mutual consent · simpatico · wavelength · collaboration · unity · empathy · coming together · reciprocity · rapport · unanimousness
- agreementagree, accord, yes, yeah, yep
- compromisecompromise, middle ground, meet halfway, give and take, give-and-take
- relationship skillsempathy, rapport, trust, cooperation, dialogue
- harmony phrasesin sync, in tune, on the same page, see eye to eye, hand in hand
- contractsbinding contracts, contract length, lease, clause, contract terms
- Agreement typesagreement, consent, acceptance, offer, verbal agreement
meeting of mindsdisconnect
To break a connection
misunderstanding · miscommunication · alienation · estrangement · incompatibility
meeting of mindsclash
Violent disagreement or collision
confrontation · antagonism · hostility · friction · strife
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