Synonyms of huddle

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noun

1

as in meeting

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 & Similar Words

• meeting
• gathering
• convention
• conclave
• assembly
• conference
• council
• convocation
• synod
• symposium
• get-together
• congress
• workshop
• session
• rally
• caucus
• discussion
• conversation
• clinic
• seminar
• demonstration
• summit
• dialogue
• cabinet
• discourse
• interview
• negotiation
• talk
• forum
• audience
• confab
• roundtable
• palaver
• parley
• round-robin

2

as in cluster

a number of things considered as a unit

saw a huddle of tents that turned out to be a Scout encampment

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unit
• entity
• item
• single

3

as in group

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit

in the lobby during intermission huddles of theatergoers were excitedly discussing the play

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individual
• single

huddle

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verb

ˈhə-dᵊl 

1

as in to crowd

to gather into a closely packed group

the puppies huddled together to keep warm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crowd
• pile
• swarm
• assemble
• flock
• cluster
• bunch
• hug
• press
• converge
• herd
• surround
• throng
• congregate
• concentrate
• convene
• mob
• collect
• conglomerate
• forgather
• encircle
• concenter
• embrace

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• split (up)
• disperse
• break up
• disband

2

as in to crouch

to lie low with the limbs close to the body

huddled under her bed during a game of hide-and-seek

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crouch
• couch
• hunch
• squat
• hunker (down)
• scrunch
• curl up
• squinch

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of huddle

Noun

Owens actually entered the KU huddle and visited with assistant coach Kurtis Townsend and KU coach Bill Self as Owens exited through the northwest tunnel back to his seat. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

Morrow takes a first-down carry for 15 yards and A&M is going no-huddle. — American-Statesman Sports Desk, Austin American Statesman, 17 Oct. 2026

Verb

At the headquarters of Gleb’s company, workers huddle around a phone, watching a chaotic scene at the Russia-Georgia border. — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

The morning was to turn horribly wrong for the men huddled together. — Ron Farina, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026