Synonyms of huddled

huddled

verb

past tense of huddle

1

as in piled

to gather into a closely packed group

the puppies huddled together to keep warm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• piled
• crowded
• swarmed
• assembled
• clustered
• surrounded
• bunched
• flocked
• hugged
• pressed
• converged
• thronged
• herded
• congregated
• concentrated
• convened
• collected
• encircled
• mobbed
• forgathered
• conglomerated
• concentered
• embraced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dispersed
• split (up)
• broke up
• disbanded

2

as in crouched

to lie low with the limbs close to the body

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crouched
• hunched
• squatted
• couched
• scrunched
• hunkered (down)
• curled up
• squinched

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of huddled

After officials huddled, Verden was credited with a catch off a deflection but not the touchdown due to an inadvertent whistle. — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026

Najera, Iverson and Martin were on the floor together, and Iverson huddled them to plead for intensity. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2026

Manhattan Bird Alert posted a photo of the owls huddled together beneath another nearby water tank. — Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026

On an afternoon in late July, two women stood huddled behind a bright white front desk at one end of its semi-finished lobby. — Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026

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

Filling them with black smoke, with rubble and shattered glass, with frantic firefighters, with civilians huddled at the police line, necks craned. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Not far from Stark, a woman huddled on the ground, shielded from the floodwaters by the temporary barrier. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

Eric Bieniemy had the entire offense huddled up after that drive. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026