Synonyms of grouping

grouping 1 of 2

noun

ˈgrü-piŋ 

1

as in cluster

a number of things considered as a unit

the standard grouping for an average living room: sofa, matching wing chairs, and the inevitable coffee table

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cluster
• batch
• collection
• bunch
• group
• array
• assemblage
• constellation
• set
• lot
• clump
• package
• assortment
• variety
• series
• battery
• bank
• suite
• block
• mixture
• band
• aggregation
• clutch
• accumulation
• huddle
• parcel
• aggregate
• jumble
• clot
• conglomeration
• the whole kit and caboodle
• muster
• knot
• passel
• hodgepodge
• agglomeration
• miscellany
• suit
• odds and ends
• sundries
• cycle
• run

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unit
• item
• entity
• single

2

as in group

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit

the next grouping of tourists can start the house tour as soon as the last bunch leaves

Synonyms & Similar Words

• group
• batch
• cluster
• bunch
• band
• lot
• array
• crop
• team
• constellation
• platoon
• crew
• party
• gathering
• collective
• organization
• consort
• battery
• circle
• clutch
• body
• squadron
• huddle
• battalion
• parcel
• knot
• school
• gang
• the whole kit and caboodle
• passel
• brigade
• clique
• assembly
• round
• boodle
• posse
• faction
• congregation
• clan
• set
• coterie
• task force
• guild
• federation
• sect
• coalition
• ring
• bloc
• union
• phalanx
• alliance
• confederacy
• confederation
• muster
• league
• outfit
• fellowship
• order
• bevy
• brood
• covey

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individual
• single

grouping

2 of 2

verb

present participle of group

1

as in classifying

to arrange or assign according to type

you should first group the invertebrates by genus

Synonyms & Similar Words

• classifying
• ranking
• distinguishing
• relegating
• sorting
• separating
• categorizing
• placing
• distributing
• grading
• typing
• organizing
• listing
• identifying
• classing
• filing
• ranging
• assorting
• codifying
• recognizing
• pegging
• digesting
• compartmentalizing
• compartmenting
• referring
• ordering
• alphabetizing
• culling
• cataloging
• breaking down
• systematizing
• disposing
• indexing
• arraying
• shelving
• clustering
• regrouping
• marshaling
• drawing up
• sifting
• clumping
• sieving
• pigeonholing
• reclassifying
• winnowing
• screening
• setting
• recategorizing
• colligating
• subcategorizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lumping
• scrambling
• mixing (up)
• confusing
• jumbling
• disarranging
• misclassifying
• missorting
• mistyping

2

as in assembling

to bring together in one body or place

group the kids together and we'll see if they're all here

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of grouping

Noun

For this humble fishing village in Yemen, a tumbledown grouping of barely-there huts nestled between the water and an imposing mountain range, stands sentinel over one of the world’s most vital waterways. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

In public health, the head of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention stressed the need for the continent to manufacture its own vaccines, and to do so in regional groupings. — Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Verb

In their first reps of 11-on-11s, the Patriots deployed a base personnel grouping with three defensive tackles and three inside linebackers (Spillane, Elliss and Muma). — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2026

So what your company is doing is finding patients with similar symptoms, grouping them together, and then testing drugs on those subgroups so the trial is more likely to be successful? — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026