Synonyms of clustering

clustering

verb

present participle of cluster

1

as in gathering

to come together into one body or place

the mice clustered together into a small burrow

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in crowding

to gather into a closely packed group

all the cottages are clustered on one end of the lake

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crowding
• huddling
• piling
• bunching
• swarming
• assembling
• surrounding
• converging
• flocking
• herding
• pressing
• hugging
• collecting
• concentrating
• congregating
• thronging
• conglomerating
• encircling
• convening
• concentering
• mobbing
• forgathering
• embracing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• splitting (up)
• dispersing
• breaking up
• disbanding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clustering

Sacramento was crawling Saturday as crowds packed Bugtopia, winding between tables and clustering around displays with the restless motion of a human-sized ant colony. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Rockstar has a track record of clustering major beats around its parent company’s reporting dates, and a trailer ahead of that call would give the company’s brass something to point at as a symbol of unquestionable success. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

CorPower's commercial plan involves clustering dozens of buoys into arrays called CorPacks, each capable of producing hundreds of megawatts. — New Atlas, 21 July 2026

Winter meant going with her grandmother to the famed butterfly clustering site at the Monarch Grove Sanctuary in the town of Pacific Grove. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

Unlike conventional cement, however, this new C-S-H develops throughout the material rather than clustering around cement particles. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026

The government extended internet access so that, rather than clustering in parks, Cubans could go online on our phones. — Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026

Upload speeds aren't bad either, often clustering in the 20Mbps range—while not as high as downloads, this is highly capable for things like streaming media and online video calls. — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026

One tanker has escaped the Strait of Hormuz and a bunch of others are clustering around the exit point, Bloomberg reports. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026