Synonyms of brood

brood 1 of 2

verb

as in to hatch

to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop

don't disturb the hen while she's brooding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hatch
• spawn
• sit
• lay
• incubate
• set

brood

2 of 2

noun

1

as in hatch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hatch
• offspring
• progeny
• litter
• seed
• young
• fruit
• child
• posterity
• family
• spawn
• issue
• get
• kin
• scion
• lineage
• stock

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• parent
• father
• grandfather
• progenitor
• ancestor
• antecedent
• forebear
• forefather
• primogenitor
• forbear
• forebearer

2

as in swarm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swarm
• colony
• bevy
• cluster
• bank
• clutch
• batch
• clump
• group
• gaggle
• battery
• grouping
• pod
• passel
• package
• collection
• flock
• plump
• mixture
• band
• clot
• assortment
• suite
• huddle
• constellation
• array
• agglomeration
• pack
• bunch
• variety
• set
• sundries
• muster
• parcel
• aggregation
• knot
• hodgepodge
• block
• odds and ends
• aggregate
• accumulation
• miscellany
• organization
• jumble
• collective
• congregation
• lot
• drove
• assemblage
• gathering
• assembly
• conglomeration
• absorption
• commingling
• incorporation
• integration
• intermingling
• merger
• compound
• coalescence
• coalition
• mingling
• blending
• merging
• homogenization
• motley
• patchwork
• alloy
• hash
• mix
• cocktail
• mélange
• concretion
• potpourri
• medley
• fusion
• commixture
• composite
• amalgam
• synthesis
• admixture
• emulsion
• mishmash
• intermixture
• amalgamation
• immixture
• interfusion
• mergence
• conflation
• meld
• immingling
• combination
• hotchpotch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• element
• component
• unit
• entity
• individual
• item
• ingredient
• constituent
• single