huddle

1 a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose after an all-night huddle, the state legislature finally approved a budget for the coming year Synonyms of huddle assembly, congress, convention, convocation, council, gathering, get-together, meeting, powwowWords Related to huddle clinic, workshop; cabinet, caucus, conclave, synod; demonstration, rally; confab, conversation, dialogue (also dialog), discourse, discussion, palaver, talk; negotiation, parley, summit; conference, forum, round-robin, roundtable, seminar, symposium; audience, interview, session

2 a number of things considered as a unit saw a huddle of tents that turned out to be a Boy Scout encampment Synonyms of huddle array, assemblage, band, bank, batch, battery, block, bunch, clot, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, constellation, grouping, group, knot, lot, muster, package, parcel, passel, set, suiteWords Related to huddle accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomeration; agglomeration, assortment, hodgepodge, jumble, miscellany, mixture, odds and ends, sundries, variety; cycle, run, series, suitNear Antonyms of huddle entity, item, single, unit

3 a usually small number of persons considered as a unit in the lobby during intermission huddles of theatergoers were excitedly discussing the play Synonyms of huddle array, band, batch, battery, body, boodle, bunch, cluster, clutch, consort, constellation, crop, grouping, group, knot, lot, parcel, party, passelWords Related to huddle assembly, collective, congregation, gathering, muster, organization; circle, clan, clique, coterie, fellowship, gang, ring, round, set; faction, guild (also gild), order, school, sect; brigade, crew, outfit, phalanx, platoon, posse, task force, team; alliance, bloc, coalition, confederacy, confederation, federation, league, union; battalion, squadron; bevy, brood, coveyNear Antonyms of huddle individual, single

1 to gather into a closely packed group the puppies huddled together to keep warm Synonyms of huddle bunch, cluster, crowd, press, pileWords Related to huddle assemble, collect, concenter, concentrate, conglomerate, congregate, convene, converge, flock, forgather (or foregather), herd, swarm, throng; encircle, mob, surround; embrace, hugNear Antonyms of huddle break up, disband, disperse, split (up)

2 to lie low with the limbs close to the body huddled under her bed when she heard an intruder Synonyms of huddle couch, crouch, hunch, hunker (down), scrunch, squat, squinchWords Related to huddle curl up