MUSTERED Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

mustered

verb

past tense of muster

as in mobilized

to assemble and make ready for action a command to muster the troops

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as in summoned

to bring together in assembly by or as if by command all the supporters that I could muster for the fund-raising campaign

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as in comprised

to be made up of the corps of regular wine drinkers musters only about 10% of the population

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Recent Examples of mustered Seattle, which opened a nine-game trip against three teams currently in playoff position, has mustered only five runs during the losing streak and nine in the past seven games. — Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 Within two days, workers were mustered and the presses were readied. — Colleen Barry, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026 Despite drawing eight walks Tuesday, the Braves could only scratch across three runs and mustered only four hits in an 8-3 loss to the Padres at Truist Park. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 22 July 2026 But against the first-place Brewers, the Giants mustered a 1-0 win. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 7 July 2026 France had only mustered two shots on goal throughout the first half, but Olise came out firing after the break, slipping two neat passes through to Mbappe even before the crucial assist. — Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 July 2026 After collecting 17 hits here on Monday and 14 more on Tuesday, the Dodgers mustered five hits Wednesday, including a 431-foot home run from Freddie Freeman. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 The pure, post-Bee Gees charisma Bellamy mustered in the 2000s seems to have vacated him entirely, and the song’s funkiness suffocates under the flatness of his delivery. — Liam Inscoe-Jones, Pitchfork, 1 July 2026 Boise only mustered a single shot on goal itself. — Idaho Statesman, 21 June 2026

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Verb

During the first two days of the island’s largest war games, some 20,000 reservists were mobilized to practice the defense of critical infrastructure such as ports, power plants and bridges.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Thousands of firefighters from across the country have been mobilized as the state battles multiple large fires under extreme fire conditions.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of mobilized

Verb

In one case, an employee was summoned out of her office just before a bullet struck the window in front of her desk.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
The tech behemoth briefly restricted a Facebook post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing students during the Gen Z protests in July, just days after regulators summoned the company over concerns about child-abuse content.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of summoned

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Last year, first-time visitors to Las Vegas comprised 10% of travelers, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's annual visitor profile study.

— James Powel, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
And of course the mis en scène — comprised in Season 4 of a palatial hotel on the Croisette and a luxurious hilltop hideaway — are as central to the plot as the characters.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of comprised

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To reveal who’s the most rested of them all, the World Economic Forum organized data from Sleep Cycle, an app used around the world that tracks how much shut-eye people are achieving.

— Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Aug. 2026
Authorities have not said who organized a suspicious border breach in Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa.

— Beatriz Ríos, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of organized

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Researchers used the device to process time-series data, including signals that contained both rapid and slow changes.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2026
But the now more sluggish job market makes that less likely; and inflation should be more contained now, as fuel costs stabilize with a less active Mideast war.

— Harry Holzer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of contained

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Manuel took heat from fans for being slow to embrace the potential of name, image and likeness deals, but Michigan made up ground quickly and marshaled the resources to build competitive rosters in its major sports.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 21 July 2026
That effort is marshaled partly to avoid a crash like the one in which the Mexican tall ship Cuauhtémoc struck the Brooklyn Bridge last year, killing two people and injuring more.

— Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 June 2026

Definition of marshaled

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The family snaps included a black-and-white image of a shirtless Hefner cradling the newborn, Lambropoulos Hefner introducing her daughter to their son Forrest, 3, as well as Forrest holding his baby sister, who was sweetly swaddled in pink.

— Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
The 25-year-old, who was acquired from the Mariners in the offseason as part of a three-team deal that also included the Cardinals, played exclusively at third with the M’s last season as a rookie.

— Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of included

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On Tuesday, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul ordered an urgent review of gun regulations, including a suspension of new permits to purchase firearms and a review of existing permits, according to a statement from the Government House.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
In a news release Calvo said the closures were not ordered by any outside agency.

— CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

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