Synonyms of mustering

mustering 1 of 2

noun

as in muster

Related Words

• muster
• convening
• summons
• convocation
• mobilization
• rallying
• call
• marshaling
• rally
• call-up

mustering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of muster

1

as in mobilizing

to assemble and make ready for action

a command to muster the troops

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mobilizing
• organizing
• summoning
• marshaling
• rallying
• ordering
• arranging
• activating
• grouping
• convening
• calling (up)
• lining up
• collecting
• rounding up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• demobilizing
• disrupting
• dismissing
• disturbing
• disorganizing
• disarranging
• disordering
• deactivating
• demobbing
• dissolving
• splitting (up)
• disbanding
• breaking up

2

as in summoning

to bring together in assembly by or as if by command

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• summoning
• calling
• assembling
• convening
• convoking
• rallying
• gathering
• amassing
• collecting
• calling out
• grouping
• calling in
• calling up
• reassembling
• reconvening
• knelling
• rounding up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dissolving
• breaking up

3

as in comprising

to be made up of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comprising
• containing
• including
• consisting (of)
• involving
• encompassing
• entailing
• incorporating
• comprehending
• embodying
• embracing
• assimilating
• taking in

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mustering

Noun

Some mornings, mustering empathy for yet another challenging conversation feels nearly impossible. — Dana Kellerman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

Stedman lands every blow thanks to her patient accumulation of ordinary life, the shearing and mustering and fence-mending, the slow mapping of relationships that ensures each loss registers as something more than plot machinery. — Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026

Verb

The network isn’t even mustering up a defense for Jeanine Pirro, previously one of its most prominent pro-Trump hosts. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

Serena looked down, heaved a sigh and hooked her knee around the pole before mustering up a halfhearted spin. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026

With that technique putting more pace on the ball, forwards just need to redirect the ball instead of mustering their own power on a slower delivery. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 26 June 2026

At the end of the second season, multiple armies were mustering for war over King's Landing as the Targaryen clan just couldn't stop betraying each other long enough to govern. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 12 June 2026

Like the uncharacteristically cool weather in West Sacramento for late May, the A’s offense continued its recent gloomy stretch of hitting, mustering a few middle-inning scoring opportunities but failing to get a clutch hit en route to a 9-1 loss. — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026

In my mind, Denzel Washington’s performance in John Q set the bar for male actors mustering up those trigger tears Mom always talked about. — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026

With the Knights’ offense only mustering two hits, though, that was enough for Sycamore. — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026

After mustering all of two against Vancouver, Sporting registered four shots on Saturday. — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026