Synonyms of huddles

huddles 1 of 2

noun

plural of huddle

1

as in meetings

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

• meetings
• gatherings
• conventions
• conclaves
• assemblies
• conferences
• councils
• congresses
• rallies
• synods
• workshops
• sessions
• get-togethers
• convocations
• seminars
• discussions
• conversations
• caucuses
• clinics
• demonstrations
• summits
• dialogues
• negotiations
• interviews
• talks
• cabinets
• forums
• discourses
• confabs
• audiences
• symposia
• roundtables
• palavers
• parleys
• round-robins

2

as in clusters

a number of things considered as a unit

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clusters
• batches
• bunches
• groups
• arrays
• groupings
• collections
• clumps
• sets
• lots
• constellations
• assemblages
• packages
• series
• blocks
• banks
• batteries
• suites
• clutches
• assortments
• mixtures
• bands
• varieties
• musters
• clots
• parcels
• aggregations
• passels
• the whole kit and caboodle
• aggregates
• knots
• accumulations
• jumbles
• runs
• suits
• agglomerations
• conglomerations
• sundries
• odds and ends
• hodgepodges
• cycles
• miscellanies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• units
• items
• entities
• singles

3

as in groups

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

• groups
• groupings
• batches
• clusters
• bunches
• bands
• lots
• teams
• crops
• platoons
• crews
• clutches
• circles
• gatherings
• parties
• arrays
• batteries
• consorts
• bodies
• collectives
• organizations
• constellations
• squadrons
• battalions
• schools
• rounds
• the whole kit and caboodle
• cliques
• parcels
• knots
• congregations
• passels
• brigades
• boodles
• assemblies
• gangs
• factions
• musters
• coteries
• sets
• clans
• sects
• fellowships
• rings
• guilds
• task forces
• outfits
• broods
• coalitions
• posses
• blocs
• phalanxes
• alliances
• federations
• leagues
• unions
• orders
• confederations
• bevies
• confederacies
• coveys

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individuals
• singles

huddles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of huddle

1

as in piles

to gather into a closely packed group

the puppies huddled together to keep warm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• piles
• crowds
• assembles
• clusters
• swarms
• presses
• flocks
• hugs
• bunches
• converges
• surrounds
• herds
• congregates
• concentrates
• convenes
• collects
• throngs
• encircles
• conglomerates
• forgathers
• mobs
• concenters
• embraces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• splits (up)
• disperses
• breaks up
• disbands

2

as in crouches

to lie low with the limbs close to the body

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crouches
• hunches
• squats
• couches
• hunkers (down)
• scrunches
• squinches
• curls up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of huddles

Noun

Up on a hill overlooking Sarajevo, Karadžić, the proud champion of his nation, huddles inside a little red pod, formerly part of a cable car, trying to make a phone call to his wife while petting a puppy that larks around at his feet. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

In some cases, the participants circled around actual roundtables, while some were standing in small huddles standing in the corners of the room. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026

So, Moorehead had Lemon stand in the huddles — as a 12th player — and back away from the action when the others went to run the play. — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Take daily tier huddles, for example. — David Caines, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

Over the last year and a half, different units of the system’s hospitals have started holding weekly huddles, where nurses, doctors, and hospital leaders review their performance on a set of quality metrics. — Jessica Bartlett — Boston Globe, STAT, 21 May 2026

His huddles at times resemble a family Sunday supper after the conversation turns to politics – everyone yelling, nobody listening, Izzo’s face reddening and a whiteboard left broken, the innocent victim of all the arguing (though they are rumored to be pre-cut to avoid splintering). — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026

Baker-Mazara continued to walk to team huddles with a limp during timeouts but never re-entered the game. — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026

The head coach obviously has to lead, but a team needs other leaders, too — a coach on the floor, a voice in the non-coaching huddles. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 20 Feb. 2026

Verb

Despite his injury, Tasci continued to be an active participant on the sideline and in team huddles throughout the game. — Sean Campbell, Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026

An engineer overhears a sales call where a partner is requesting a specific feature and immediately huddles with the salesperson once the line clicks shut. — Vikram Joshi, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

The boiler is broken, so Kuhner huddles by a small space heater in his office in the winter. — Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026

Tinos huddles close to its much more popular cousin, Mykonos, just a 20-minute ferry ride away. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2026

The couple huddles around a gas heater inside their home with their daughter and 4-year-old granddaughter to try and stay warm. — Kati Weis, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026

Back at the castle, where the only thing haunting them is the ghosts of slain reality stars, everybody huddles to try to figure out whether to go for Ron or Colton. — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026

After almost every jump, Gu huddles with her mother and confidante, Yan, to review footage Yan recorded on her phone. — Sean Gregory, Time, 22 Jan. 2026

While the team occasionally huddles, Rivers usually calls plays from the sideline. — Sam Jane, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025