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muster

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of muster

1 a body of people come together in one place

a muster of concerned citizens

Synonyms of muster

assemblage, assembly, conference, congregation, convocation, gathering, ingathering, meeting

Words Related to muster

company, consort, coterie, gang, pack

caucus, forum, market, panel, rally, symposium, synod

audience, gallery, grandstand, house

crowd, flock, horde, legion, multitude, press, swarm, throng

crush, mob, rabble, rabblement

2 a number of things considered as a unit

considering the muster of suggestions that were submitted for "word of the year"

Synonyms of muster

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

Words Related to muster

accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomeration

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

cycle, run, series, suit

Phrases Synonymous with muster

the whole kit and caboodle

Near Antonyms of muster

entity, item, single, unit

muster

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of muster

1 to assemble and make ready for action

a command to muster the troops

Synonyms of muster

marshal (also marshall), mobilize, rally

Words Related to muster

arrange, group, line up, order, organize

call (up), convene, summon

activate

collect, round up

Near Antonyms of muster

disarrange, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb

deactivate, dismiss

break up, disband, dissolve, split (up)

Antonyms of muster

demob [chiefly British], demobilize

2 to bring together in assembly by or as if by command

all the supporters that I could muster for the fund-raising campaign

Synonyms of muster

assemble, call, convene, convoke, summon

Words Related to muster

rally

call in, call out, call up, knell

amass, collect, gather, group, round up

reassemble, reconvene

Near Antonyms of muster

break up, dissolve

3 to be made up of

the corps of regular wine drinkers musters only about 10% of the population

Synonyms of muster

comprise, consist (of), contain

Words Related to muster

comprehend, embrace, encompass, entail, include, involve, take in

assimilate, embody, incorporate

Synonym Discussion of muster

summon, call, cite, convoke, convene, muster mean to demand the presence of. summon implies the exercise of authority.

- was summoned to answer charges

call may be used less formally for summon.

- called the legislature into special session

cite implies a summoning to court usually to answer a charge.

- cited for drunken driving

convoke implies a summons to assemble for deliberative or legislative purposes.

- convoked a Vatican council

convene is somewhat less formal than convoke.

- convened the students

muster suggests a calling up of a number of things that form a group in order that they may be exhibited, displayed, or utilized as a whole.

- mustered the troops

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