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

Schottenheimer huddled the team up for a longer than usual postgame discussion because of the fights. — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Every lunch, Becerra and half a dozen friends would around a picnic table, huddled over a deck of cards. — Ben Paviour august 17, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026

In Sheffield, three workers are huddled around their compute cluster, under an air conditioning unit that is running on full-blast. — Billy Perrigo, Time, 17 Aug. 2026

All the leaders were huddled around a television, watching news about the first attack at the World Trade Center. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026

Once, the tired, poor and huddled masses from all over the world have helped grow this nation, and our beloved city. — Nancy Hagans, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra have huddled inside their homes for days on end, unable to leave because of the threat posed by Israeli settlers. — Joseph Krauss, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Jones and Ware huddled in the hallway outside Compton's courtroom for more than an hour, coming up with a temporary proposal that was acceptable to both sides. — Arkansas Online, 15 Aug. 2026

Another group of guests huddled together in a nearby small tent while waiting out the storm. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026