Synonyms of huddle

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noun

1

as in meeting

a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose

after an all-night huddle, the state legislature finally approved a budget for the coming year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• meeting
• gathering
• convention
• conclave
• assembly
• conference
• council
• convocation
• synod
• symposium
• get-together
• congress
• workshop
• session
• rally
• caucus
• discussion
• conversation
• seminar
• clinic
• demonstration
• summit
• dialogue
• cabinet
• dialog
• discourse
• interview
• negotiation
• talk
• forum
• audience
• confab
• roundtable
• palaver
• parley
• round-robin

2

as in cluster

a number of things considered as a unit

saw a huddle of tents that turned out to be a Scout encampment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cluster
• batch
• group
• bunch
• collection
• grouping
• array
• set
• clump
• assemblage
• lot
• package
• clutch
• constellation
• bank
• battery
• suite
• block
• band
• series
• mixture
• assortment
• variety
• muster
• jumble
• clot
• parcel
• the whole kit and caboodle
• knot
• passel
• aggregation
• accumulation
• aggregate
• conglomeration
• suit
• agglomeration
• run
• odds and ends
• miscellany
• sundries
• cycle
• hodgepodge

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unit
• entity
• item
• single

3

as in group

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit

in the lobby during intermission huddles of theatergoers were excitedly discussing the play

Synonyms & Similar Words

• group
• grouping
• batch
• bunch
• cluster
• band
• team
• lot
• crew
• clutch
• platoon
• crop
• gathering
• circle
• collective
• party
• battery
• array
• consort
• body
• squadron
• organization
• battalion
• school
• brigade
• posse
• gang
• constellation
• round
• knot
• congregation
• parcel
• the whole kit and caboodle
• passel
• clique
• assembly
• boodle
• coterie
• clan
• set
• ring
• phalanx
• task force
• guild
• muster
• sect
• league
• faction
• fellowship
• federation
• union
• coalition
• bloc
• confederacy
• gild
• alliance
• brood
• outfit
• confederation
• order
• bevy
• covey

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individual
• single

huddle

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verb

ˈhə-dᵊl 

1

as in to crowd

to gather into a closely packed group

the puppies huddled together to keep warm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crowd
• pile
• swarm
• assemble
• flock
• cluster
• bunch
• hug
• press
• converge
• herd
• surround
• throng
• congregate
• concentrate
• convene
• mob
• collect
• conglomerate
• forgather
• encircle
• foregather
• concenter
• embrace

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• split (up)
• disperse
• break up
• disband

2

as in to crouch

to lie low with the limbs close to the body

huddled under her bed during a game of hide-and-seek

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crouch
• couch
• hunch
• squat
• hunker (down)
• scrunch
• curl up
• squinch

Examples of huddle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Coach Prime has been running a program without a huddle, hurrying up to maximize the last collegiate years of sons Shedeur Sanders and Shilo Sanders, trying to milk the pre-NFL time the superlative Travis Hunter has left. —Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2024

Kicker Jake Moody is faring well in that regard, and after closing out practice yet again with a successful field goal, Moody broke down the post-practice huddle. —Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024

Verb

To mark the anniversary of his death, his family huddled around the memorial on Monday, hugging each other and David’s picture. —Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Friday morning, my twelve-year-old daughter and I huddled in my bedroom and watched trees fall like dominoes around us as the rain poured. —Jessica Pishko, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024