Antonyms for congregation
ˌkɒŋ grɪˈgeɪ ʃəncon·gre·ga·tion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 7 votes

1. congregation

   Company, from the Latin cum, with, and panis, bread, denotes primarily the association of those who eat at a common table, or the persons so associated, table-companions, messmates, friends, and hence is widely extended to include any association of those united permanently or temporarily, for business, pleasure, festivity, travel, etc., or by sorrow, misfortune, or wrong; company may denote an indefinite number (ordinarily more than two), but less than a multitude; in the military sense a company is a limited and definite number of men; company implies more unity of feeling and purpose than crowd, and is a less formal and more familiar word than assemblage or assembly. An assemblage may be of persons or of objects; an assembly is always of persons. An assemblage is promiscuous and unorganized; an assembly is organized and united in some common purpose. A conclave is a secret assembly. A convocation is an assembly called by authority for a special purpose; the term convention suggests less dependence upon any superior authority or summons. A group is small in number and distinct in outline, clearly marked off from all else in space or time. Collection, crowd, gathering, group, and multitude have the unorganized and promiscuous character of the assemblage; the other terms come under the general idea of assembly. Congregation is now almost exclusively religious; meeting is often so used, but is less restricted, as we may speak of a meeting of armed men. Gathering refers to a coming together, commonly of numbers, from far and near; as, the gathering of the Scottish clans.

   Antonyms:
   dispersion, loneliness, privacy, retirement, seclusion, solitude

   Synonyms:
   assemblage, assembly, collection, company, conclave, concourse, conference, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, host, meeting, multitude, throng

Matched Categories

1. • Assembly
   • Collection

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. congregation, fold, faithfulnoun

   a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

   Synonyms:
   flock, flexure, sheepcote, faithful, crease, plica, folding, fold, congregating, sheepfold, bend, sheep pen, crimp, plication

2. congregationnoun

   an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together

   "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over"

   Synonyms:
   fold, faithful, congregating

3. congregation, congregatingnoun

   the act of congregating

   Synonyms:
   fold, faithful, congregating

How to use congregation in a sentence?

1. Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein:

   She was a pioneer member from our congregation, lori had unconditional love for all.

2. Kellyanne Conway:

   I know that Lynnette Lederman's very grief-stricken, I can imagine, and my heartfelt condolences go to Lynnette Lederman and everybody in that congregation regardless of politics, we're missing the opportunity to talk about what this truly was.

3. Stephen Godfroy:

   (This) was the original role of a record store, being more than a point of purchase ... a place of congregation for independent, creative minds, a place that rewarded curiosity with serendipitous discovery, appealing to all ages and tastes in music.

4. Bill Clinton:

   The longer I live, the more places I go and people I meet, the more certain I am that everyone has gifts to be recognized and celebrated, together our contributions add up to something greater than we could offer on our own. Isn't that the goal of a community or a congregation?

5. The Vatican:

   When the Holy Father, referring to the dissolution of a Congregation, spoke of' sexual slavery,' he meant' manipulation,' a form of abuse of power which is reflected also in sexual abuse.

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