RENDEZVOUS Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈrän-di-ˌvü

Definition of rendezvous

as in haunt

a place for spending time or for socializing the arcade was the rendezvous of choice for most of the teenagers in town

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Relevance

as in appointment

an agreement to be present at a specified time and place I have a rendezvous with him at lunchtime

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rendezvous

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verb

ˈrän-di-ˌvü

as in to meet

to come together into one body or place we'll rendezvous at the entrance to the park at 6:00 p.m.

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Recent Examples of rendezvous

Noun

Their midnight rendezvous seems doomed to end in a quarrel until Mysaria heeds Sylvi’s advice. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026 Because of its highly elliptical shape and long orbital period, opportunities to launch from the moon's south pole to rendezvous with Orion in NRHO open up just once a week. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 July 2026

Verb

The orbital refueling demonstration will include two Starship launches, allowing the vehicles to rendezvous and dock with one another in orbit. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026 The mission will launch a crew of four aboard Orion on NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket into Earth orbit, where the capsule will rendezvous with each lander separately over the course of about two weeks. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for rendezvous

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rendezvous

Noun

The few clubs and bars in Sokoto city are his haunts, and the scene for him is no different from those in the more liberal southern Nigeria.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
One of the most gorgeous haunts in San Francisco is becoming a pretty good place to just gorge.

— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of haunt

Noun

The announcement followed Tilbury’s 2022 appointment as the trust’s ambassador for enterprise and coincided with its 50th anniversary gala, held in New York.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
He was then succeeded by Jorg Schmadtke a year later, who was employed on a short-term basis ahead of Richard Hughes’s appointment in 2024.

— Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of appointment

Verb

Lake Zurich and Antioch met twice last season, including in a second-round playoff game.

— Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
Big picture The league and the union are meeting regularly on various topics, but their disagreement on core economics — whether to move to a cap system — leaves little room for progress on the major issues.

— Evan Drellich, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of meet

Noun

Since then, the hangout sitcom has suffered a precipitous decline.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
Accessed by some steps between the bathroom and bedroom, it's shown here furnished with a couple of single beds but could alternatively be used to stash belongings or as a kid's room or general hangout space.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of hangout

Verb

The feeds then went to the pets as the houseguests were set to gather at the dining room table time machine.

— Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2026
King’s eyes gather the world’s hodgepodge, and her hand records with a sensitivity that can come only from fondness.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of gather

Verb

This does, however, seem to be another case of the Netflix name being able to assemble and pay a big-name cast for relatively lackluster results.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Engineers have assembled a prototype air-cooling rig to test the passive safety systems.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of assemble

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