Synonyms of rounding up

rounding up

verb

present participle of round up

as in assembling

to bring together in one body or place

rounded everyone up for one final training session

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assembling
• collecting
• gathering
• getting together
• bulking (up)
• amassing
• grouping
• picking up
• accumulating
• garnering
• corralling
• joining
• packing
• combining
• lumping
• concentrating
• congregating
• constellating
• scraping (up or together)
• stacking
• uniting
• organizing
• piling
• clustering
• mustering
• balling
• batching
• arranging
• raising
• linking
• compiling
• connecting
• rallying
• merging
• huddling
• bunching
• banding
• heaping
• herding
• pooling
• swarming
• flocking
• thronging
• pressing
• collating
• archiving
• systematizing
• regrouping
• hiving
• brigading
• regathering
• re-collecting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• splitting (up)
• breaking up
• scattering
• dispersing
• separating
• dissipating
• dissolving
• sending
• severing
• disintegrating
• dispelling
• dismissing
• disbanding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rounding up

Below, The Hollywood Reporter is rounding up the most memorable social media reactions. — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2026

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador had turned what was once the world’s deadliest country into one of its safest, largely by rounding up tens of thousands of young men and sentencing them to prison in mass trials. — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Now Trump’s folks are rounding up and deporting people who were jailed in their home country for the sin of defending democracy. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Our expert team here at PCMag has been busy rounding up all the best early Prime Day markdowns already available, including laptops, headphones, robot vacuums, and more. — Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026

The repeat rebookings stem from the fact that the federal government often doesn’t have enough detention space to jail all the immigrants whom ICE and its cooperating local authorities are rounding up. — Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2026

In honor of the legendary actress-musician, PEOPLE is rounding up the most memorable theatrical films featuring Parton’s singular presence. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

Collins thanked the Porter County Emergency Management Agency for rounding up five generators that helped keep lift stations operating. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

The money comes from a $250 million trust fund set up by the Legislature to help cover the expenses incurred by law enforcement agencies working to meet a new state mandate to assist the federal government in rounding up and deporting immigrants. — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026