BROODS Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words

broods 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of brood

as in spawns

to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop don't disturb the hen while she's brooding

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noun

plural of brood

as in clutches

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Recent Examples of broods

Verb

Set in the evening, the scene broods as an unknown figure, only identifiable by his terrible Lego haircut and furry boots, stomps toward the Stallion Saloon. — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 June 2026 Veteran model Eva Herzigova is pictured in a sculptural skirt suit, while Liu Wen broods in a puffy leather bomber jacket. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

Recent Examples of Synonyms for broods

Verb

But the software wrapped around it reinserts the objective on every turn, stores progress to a file, spawns subagents, retries on failure, and keeps going until a verifier says the task is done.

— Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
The average female lionfish spawns around 27,000 eggs every three days, so unsurprisingly, the species quickly spread throughout the Caribbean, up the East Coast and east to the Bahamas.

— Rachel Nuwer, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2026

Definition of spawns

Noun

California has the fifth-highest income threshold for middle-class households in the country, with a 2026 middle-class income range of $66,766 to $200,298.

— Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Because households cannot opt out of eating, higher grocery bills leave less for everything else.

— Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of households

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The egg hatches into a legless larva that consumes the paralyzed insect.

— Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
When the whole family sets off on a cross-country road trip to take teen Katie Mitchell to college, a rogue AI hatches a plan to launch all humans into space, and only the Mitchells can stop it.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026

Definition of hatches

Noun

Nanos noted there was blood and other DNA found at the scene that is also still being analyzed, but has so far also yielded no results.

— Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 30 July 2026
The note probably wouldn’t have been legible anyway, with the constant blood dripping from my writing hand.

— Todd Orr, Outdoor Life, 30 July 2026

Definition of blood

Verb

In the living room, Arne Jacobsen’s sculptural Egg chair sits alongside a deep-green sofa by George Smith—a holdover from Hulka’s first concept for the room, and now in conversation with the willows outside.

— Laura Regensdorf, Architectural Digest, 5 Aug. 2026
At the opposite end of the upper ground level sits a hunter-green kitchen with herringbone wood floors.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of sits

Noun

The swarms of flies that roamed the planet like a devouring fog enclosed the top of the tower, building new, shivering walls, buzzing in a frenzy of life and hunger.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 July 2026
The bright light attracts massive swarms of flying insects, chased by birds, which unwittingly get instantly vaporized mid-air by the invisible, high-temperature beams.

— Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026