reunions
Long-awaited get-togethers
Reunions are gatherings of people who have been apart—typically members of a group with shared history.
A family reunion brings relatives together, often annually.
A class reunion reconnects former schoolmates: I saw my high school crush at the twenty-year reunion.
The word also applies to any coming together after separation: a joyful reunion with her long-lost sister.
Renew something dormant
- reconcileResolve a disagreement
- reacquaintMake familiar once more
- rediscoverFind something forgotten
- renewMake valid again
rebuild · restore · reestablish · reengage · embrace · bonding · rekindling · mending
Recalling past experiences
- memoriesStored past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- retrospectionContemplating past events
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
wistfulness · sentimentality · flashbacks · bygone · reminiscing · memorabilia · yearbooks · photographs
Constructing from components
- get-togetherCasual social gathering
- meetupInformal planned gathering
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- convocationFormal ceremonial gathering
homecoming · rally · summit · conclave · ingathering · rendezvous · encounter · mixer
Celebratory events and activities
- banquetFormal celebratory meal
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- galaFestive formal occasion
- toastingBrowning by heat
ceremony · anniversary · commemoration · reception · jubilee · cheers · merrymaking · conviviality
rekindle
Renew something dormant
- reconcileResolve a disagreement
- reacquaintMake familiar once more
- rediscoverFind something forgotten
renew · rebuild · restore · reestablish · reengage · embrace · bonding · rekindling · mending · healing
reminiscence
Recalling past experiences
- memoriesStored past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- retrospectionContemplating past events
yearning · wistfulness · sentimentality · flashbacks · bygone · reminiscing · memorabilia · yearbooks · photographs · scrapbooks
assembly
Constructing from components
- get-togetherCasual social gathering
- meetupInformal planned gathering
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
convocation · homecoming · rally · summit · conclave · ingathering · rendezvous · encounter · mixer · alumni weekend
festivities
Celebratory events and activities
toasting · ceremony · anniversary · commemoration · reception · jubilee · cheers · merrymaking · conviviality · soiree
kinship
State of being related
- relativesThose connected by blood
- kinfolkFamily members collectively
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
siblings · descendants · ancestry · lineage · heritage · bloodline · genealogy · household · kindred · patriarch
- group activitiesgroup games, voting, protest, group dance, group project
- wartimerationing, war economy, war bonds, war effort, evacuations
- community buildingpotluck, cookout, block party, barn raising, quilting bee
- Event venueballroom, banquets, galas, receptions, weddings
- collective eventsfestivals, concerts, parades, weddings, funerals
- veterans groupsAmerican Legion, VFW, war veterans, combat veterans, disabled veterans
reunionsseparations
Acts of dividing apart
partings · departures · farewells · goodbyes · breakups
- family reunionGathering of relatives
- class reunionFormer schoolmates reconvening
- high school reunionPeriodic alumni social event
- school reunionFormer classmates gathering years later
- tearful reunionWeepy meeting after absence
- college reunionPeriodic graduate gathering