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

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

In other environment news Federal officials are rounding up and relocating 450 wild horses in the Inyo National Forest, near Mono Lake. — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 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

The normally prickly and unsympathetic Harriet Oleson (Katherine MacGregor) switches gears into hero mode, rounding up the town's men to scour the countryside for the children who've become trapped. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026

Yes, those officials said, federal agents will be on hand at the venues, but, no, ICE won’t be rounding up soccer fans. — Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 8 June 2026

Restaurants close all the time around here, so much so that rounding up these closings is a regular feature in the South Florida Sun Sentinel. — Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2026