Editor's Corner

Here are the remaining 15 terms for “meeting,” from DailyWritingTips.com and a few extra ones for good measure. You can guess which ones are from them and which are from me. 🙂

The original list is here: http://www.dailywritingtips.com/30-synonyms-for-meeting/.

Flash Mob: A group of people that assemble suddenly in one place, do an extremely well-choreographed dance or make fools of themselves in the name of love (if you are living life in a movie), and then disperse. Flash mobs are arranged via smartphones, PC, or some other type of gizmo.

Gathering: a meeting (informal usage)

Get-together: an informal meeting

Huddle: a meeting (informal usage)

Meetup: a group of people with a common interest, who meet through social networking websites (in particular, Meetup.com).

Panel: a meeting at which participants discuss a topic or issue in front of an audience

Palaver: a meeting, especially one between disparate parties

Parley: a meeting to resolve conflict or negotiate with an enemy

Powwow: a meeting or a social event, or a meeting to celebrate Native American culture

Rally: a mass meeting to inspire enthusiasm and/or action

Rendezvous:a meeting at a planned place and time, whether it be a rowboat meeting up with a canoe, or a couple meeting up for canoodling (from the phrase rendez vous “present yourselves”)

Round-robin: a small meeting to discuss or decide on a topic or issue

Roundtable: see round-robin

Seminar: a meeting for disseminating and discussing information

Session: a meeting or series of meetings, or a portion of an extended meeting or one of various simultaneous meetings as part of a larger event

Summit: a meeting of high-level leaders

Symposium: a formal meeting at which several specialists deliver short addresses on a topic or on related topics

Synod: a meeting of clergy

Tryst: a meeting of lovers at a specific time and space (see rendezvous)

Workshop: an educational meeting or program