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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unit
• entity
• item
• single

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individual
• single

• individual
• single

huddle

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verb

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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