Assembly and Gathering

Assembly

Assembly noun - A body of people come together in one place.
Usage example: the usual assembly of early morning commuters waiting at the train station
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Synonyms for Assembly

Gathering is a synonym for assembly in meeting topic. In some cases you can use "Gathering" instead the word "Assembly" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like convention, people, group, congregation. popular alternative

Gathering

Gathering noun - A body of people come together in one place.
Usage example: the President spoke before the gathering of student leaders

Assembly is a synonym for gathering in meeting topic. You can use "Assembly" instead the word "Gathering" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as convention, people, group, assemblage. popular alternative

Nearby Words: gather, gathered, gatherer

How words are described

complete complete assembly complete gathering
single single assembly single gathering
sinister sinister assembly sinister gathering
small small assembly small gathering
Other adjectives: actual, entire, huge, little, illegal, required, major, religious, titular, memorial.

Both words in one sentence

  • So for example we have "charity" for "love", "church" instead of congregation/gathering/assembly, "bishop" (when the Greek word is literally translated "overseer"), "baptize" (the Greek word meaning to immerse, which might upset those in favour of sprinkling) etc.
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