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
• foregathering
• cooperating
• concentering
• forgathering
• consolidating
• collaborating
• federating
• affiliating
• 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
• converging
• surrounding
• flocking
• herding
• pressing
• hugging
• collecting
• concentrating
• thronging
• congregating
• conglomerating
• encircling
• convening
• foregathering
• concentering
• mobbing
• forgathering
• embracing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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