Synonyms of congregating

congregating

verb

present participle of congregate

1

as in collecting

to bring together in one body or place

both captains congregated their team members for some pregame strategizing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collecting
• assembling
• gathering
• amassing
• accumulating
• grouping
• corralling
• garnering
• joining
• concentrating
• combining
• packing
• lumping
• getting together
• uniting
• constellating
• piling
• organizing
• flocking
• huddling
• swarming
• bulking (up)
• rounding up
• mustering
• thronging
• stacking
• rallying
• connecting
• arranging
• clustering
• banding
• balling
• herding
• bunching
• raising
• picking up
• merging
• pooling
• linking
• compiling
• batching
• regrouping
• heaping
• collating
• hiving
• pressing
• brigading
• systematizing
• archiving
• scraping (up or together)
• regathering
• re-collecting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dispersing
• scattering
• separating
• dissipating
• dissolving
• sending
• dispelling
• disintegrating
• severing
• splitting (up)
• dismissing
• breaking up
• disbanding

2

as in gathering

to come together into one body or place

pilgrims have been congregating in the town's historic square for centuries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gathering
• converging
• meeting
• assembling
• convening
• rendezvousing
• collecting
• clustering
• joining
• concentrating
• conglomerating
• merging
• foregathering
• getting together
• cooperating
• collaborating
• consolidating
• uniting
• forgathering
• consorting
• affiliating
• clubbing
• concentering
• federating
• allying
• associating
• caucusing
• coupling
• confederating
• reconvening
• conjoining
• banding (together)
• ganging up
• reassembling
• regathering
• remeeting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dispersing
• leaving
• disbanding
• splitting (up)
• departing
• breaking up
• taking off
• dissociating
• disuniting
• disjoining