Synonyms of congregating

congregating

verb

present participle of congregate

1

as in collecting

to bring together in one body or place

both captains congregated their team members for some pregame strategizing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collecting
• assembling
• gathering
• amassing
• accumulating
• grouping
• corralling
• garnering
• joining
• concentrating
• combining
• packing
• lumping
• getting together
• uniting
• constellating
• piling
• organizing
• flocking
• huddling
• swarming
• bulking (up)
• rounding up
• mustering
• thronging
• stacking
• rallying
• connecting
• arranging
• clustering
• banding
• balling
• herding
• bunching
• raising
• picking up
• merging
• pooling
• linking
• compiling
• batching
• regrouping
• heaping
• collating
• hiving
• pressing
• brigading
• systematizing
• archiving
• scraping (up or together)
• regathering
• re-collecting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dispersing
• scattering
• separating
• dissipating
• dissolving
• sending
• dispelling
• disintegrating
• severing
• splitting (up)
• dismissing
• breaking up
• disbanding

2

as in gathering

to come together into one body or place

pilgrims have been congregating in the town's historic square for centuries

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of congregating

The sky was alive with millions of fluttering shapes, congregating into clouds at random, occasionally turning into ribbons that wound through the trees. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

All attendees would go through security screening, and congregating in hallways would not be allowed. — Matthew Davisson, CBS News, 19 June 2026

And unlike some of the things that might spread during this event, there’s been a lot of evidence based on what’s happened at other World Cups, Olympic events, any time large numbers of people are congregating. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026

The scenes of thousands of fans congregating to welcome the team bus on arrival are emblematic of the transformation. — James McNicholas, New York Times, 19 May 2026

According to the team, the event is even more incredible knowing that the whales were congregating far before the peak migration period usually spanning March and April. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Apr. 2026

Over a two-year period, researchers at the Shark Lab used drones to study more than two dozen beaches up and down the California coastline and found juvenile white sharks congregating at two spots in southern Santa Barbara County and central San Diego County. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026

Vandals quickly stripped it bare, from its electrical wiring to its rooftop mechanicals, and loiterers congregating outside its doors and in its parking lot sometimes numbered in the dozens during a difficult post-pandemic downturn for the Midway. — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Mar. 2026

Other affinity groups, including Trans in Classics and CripAntiquity, started congregating around the same time. — Chang Che, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026