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huddle

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of 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, powwow
Words 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 Scout encampment
Synonyms of huddle

array, assemblage, band, bank, batch, battery, block, bunch, clot, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, constellation, group, grouping, knot, lot, muster, package, parcel, passel, set, suite
Words Related to huddle

accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomeration

agglomeration, assortment, hodgepodge, jumble, miscellany, mixture, odds and ends, sundries, variety

cycle, run, series, suit
Phrases Synonymous with huddle

the whole kit and caboodle
Near 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, group, grouping, knot, lot, parcel, party, passel
Words 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, covey
Phrases Synonymous with huddle

the whole kit and caboodle
Near Antonyms of huddle

individual, single

huddle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of huddle

1 to gather into a closely packed group

  • the puppies huddled together to keep warm
Synonyms of huddle

bunch, cluster, crowd, pile, press
Words Related to huddle

assemble, collect, concenter, concentrate, conglomerate, congregate, convene, converge, flock, forgather (or foregather), herd, swarm, throng

encircle, mob, surround

embrace, hug
Near Antonyms of huddle

break up, disband, disperse, split (up)

2 to lie low with the limbs close to the body

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

couch, crouch, hunch, hunker (down), scrunch, squat, squinch
Words Related to huddle

curl up

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