Synonyms of broods

broods 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of brood

as in hatches

to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop

don't disturb the hen while she's brooding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hatches
• spawns
• incubates
• sits
• lays
• sets

broods

2 of 2

noun

plural of brood

1

as in clutches

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clutches
• swarms
• clusters
• colonies
• bevies
• gaggles
• flocks
• groups
• batteries
• pods
• batches
• groupings
• banks
• musters
• clumps
• bands
• huddles
• sets
• packages
• mixtures
• arrays
• plumps
• varieties
• assemblages
• collections
• clots
• packs
• constellations
• suites
• agglomerations
• aggregations
• blocks
• assortments
• parcels
• bunches
• congregations
• miscellanies
• aggregates
• knots
• lots
• sundries
• passels
• jumbles
• organizations
• hodgepodges
• musters
• assemblages
• assemblies
• accumulations
• gatherings
• conglomerations
• droves
• coalitions
• collectives
• odds and ends
• coalescences
• compounds
• mergers
• incorporations
• mixes
• commixtures
• absorptions
• assortments
• concretions
• mélanges
• fusions
• composites
• homogenizations
• medleys
• patchworks
• cocktails
• intermixtures
• interfusions
• alloys
• hashes
• mergences
• admixtures
• integrations
• melds
• syntheses
• conflations
• immixtures
• amalgamations
• emulsions
• mishmashes
• amalgams
• potpourris
• motleys
• hotchpotches
• combinations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elements
• units
• components
• ingredients
• constituents
• items
• individuals
• entities
• singles

• elements
• units
• components
• ingredients
• constituents
• items
• individuals
• entities
• singles

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2

as in households

Synonyms & Similar Words

• households
• kins
• kiths
• blood
• kinsfolk
• extended families
• houses
• kindreds
• folks
• kinfolks
• clans
• homes
• nuclear families
• communities
• ménages