rendezvous
Secret appointed gathering
Rendezvous is a meeting at an agreed time and place, or the place itself: The café was their usual rendezvous.
The word often suggests secrecy or romance—lovers arrange rendezvous, spies meet at rendezvous points.
As a verb, to rendezvous is to meet up: We'll rendezvous at the hotel at noon.
In aerospace, spacecraft rendezvous when they meet in orbit.
Secret romantic meeting
- assignationPrearranged secret meeting
- dateSpecific day or outing
- loverRomantic intimate
- sweetheartAffectionate name for beloved
candlelight · intimacy · courtship · flirtation · amour · passion · affair · liaison
Collection of people meeting
- meetingGathering for discussion
- get-togetherCasual social gathering
- reunionGathering after separation
- assemblyConstructing from components
appointment · congregation · soiree · reception · function · party · café · bar
Connecting to a port
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- orbitCurved celestial path
- ISSOrbiting multinational research facility
- ApolloSun deity, moonshot namesake
Soyuz · module · space station · mission control · astronaut · cosmonaut · maneuver · trajectory
Designated gathering location
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- intersectionPoint where paths meet
- junctionPoint where things meet
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
crossing · connection · joining · contact · arrival · destination · landmark · station
Concealed from authorities
- covertIntentionally concealed
- spyCovert information gatherer
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
safehouse · dead drop · cloak-and-dagger · incognito · stealthy · agent · handler · operative
Location-specifying number pairs
- extractionAct of removing
- rally pointDesignated regrouping location
- checkpointInspection station on route
- drop zoneDesignated touchdown area
reconnaissance · patrol · mission · briefing · operatives · ambush · insertion · tactical
tryst
Secret romantic meeting
- assignationPrearranged secret meeting
- dateSpecific day or outing
- loverRomantic intimate
sweetheart · candlelight · intimacy · courtship · flirtation · amour · passion · affair · liaison · embrace
gathering
Collection of people meeting
- meetingGathering for discussion
- get-togetherCasual social gathering
- reunionGathering after separation
assembly · appointment · congregation · soiree · reception · function · party · café · bar · venue
docking
Connecting to a port
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- orbitCurved celestial path
- ISSOrbiting multinational research facility
Apollo · Soyuz · module · space station · mission control · astronaut · cosmonaut · maneuver · trajectory · linkup
meeting point
Designated gathering location
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- intersectionPoint where paths meet
- junctionPoint where things meet
confluence · crossing · connection · joining · contact · arrival · destination · landmark · station · plaza
clandestine
Concealed from authorities
undercover · safehouse · dead drop · cloak-and-dagger · incognito · stealthy · agent · handler · operative · contact
coordinates
Location-specifying number pairs
- extractionAct of removing
- rally pointDesignated regrouping location
- checkpointInspection station on route
drop zone · reconnaissance · patrol · mission · briefing · operatives · ambush · insertion · tactical · squad
- French Wordsbaguette, femme, croissant, enfant, champagne
- connectionslink, links, connect, connection, tie
- French Loanwordsa la carte, ballet, a la mode, au revoir, bon appetit
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- space explorationrockets, Saturn V, satellites, mission, Falcon Heavy
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
rendezvouschance encounter
Unintended crossing of paths
happenstance · coincidence · bump into · run into · running into
- secret rendezvousConcealed prearranged meeting