Synonyms of huddle

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noun

1

as in meeting

a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose

after an all-night huddle, the state legislature finally approved a budget for the coming year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• meeting
• gathering
• convention
• conclave
• assembly
• conference
• council
• convocation
• synod
• symposium
• get-together
• congress
• workshop
• session
• rally
• caucus
• discussion
• conversation
• clinic
• seminar
• demonstration
• summit
• dialogue
• cabinet
• discourse
• interview
• negotiation
• talk
• forum
• audience
• confab
• roundtable
• palaver
• parley
• round-robin

2

as in cluster

a number of things considered as a unit

saw a huddle of tents that turned out to be a Scout encampment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cluster
• batch
• group
• bunch
• collection
• grouping
• array
• set
• clump
• assemblage
• lot
• package
• clutch
• constellation
• bank
• battery
• suite
• block
• band
• series
• mixture
• assortment
• variety
• muster
• jumble
• clot
• parcel
• the whole kit and caboodle
• knot
• passel
• aggregation
• accumulation
• aggregate
• conglomeration
• suit
• agglomeration
• run
• odds and ends
• miscellany
• sundries
• cycle
• hodgepodge

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unit
• entity
• item
• single

3

as in group

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit

in the lobby during intermission huddles of theatergoers were excitedly discussing the play

Synonyms & Similar Words

• group
• grouping
• batch
• bunch
• cluster
• band
• team
• lot
• crew
• clutch
• platoon
• crop
• gathering
• circle
• party
• collective
• battery
• array
• consort
• body
• organization
• squadron
• battalion
• school
• brigade
• posse
• gang
• constellation
• round
• knot
• congregation
• parcel
• the whole kit and caboodle
• passel
• clique
• assembly
• boodle
• coterie
• clan
• set
• ring
• phalanx
• task force
• guild
• muster
• sect
• league
• faction
• fellowship
• federation
• union
• coalition
• bloc
• confederacy
• alliance
• brood
• outfit
• confederation
• order
• bevy
• covey

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individual
• single

huddle

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verb

ˈhə-dᵊl 

1

as in to crowd

to gather into a closely packed group

the puppies huddled together to keep warm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crowd
• pile
• swarm
• assemble
• flock
• cluster
• bunch
• hug
• press
• converge
• herd
• surround
• throng
• congregate
• concentrate
• convene
• mob
• collect
• conglomerate
• forgather
• encircle
• concenter
• embrace

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• split (up)
• disperse
• break up
• disband

2

as in to crouch

to lie low with the limbs close to the body

huddled under her bed during a game of hide-and-seek

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crouch
• couch
• hunch
• squat
• hunker (down)
• scrunch
• curl up
• squinch

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of huddle

Noun

As Patrick Mahomes broke a huddle Wednesday afternoon, a booming speaker pulsating music onto the Chiefs’ training field, the actual soundtrack of the practice, belted out an instruction. —Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026

Beckham took his helmet off and was grabbed his nose and shaking off the hard landing before trotting back to the huddle. —Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 3 June 2026

Verb

In Mexico City at the stadium, while broadcasters filled the breaks and while players huddled near the sideline, the Estadio Azteca DJ played the iconic Mexican party song El Sonidito. —Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 11 June 2026

If lightning is detected 16 miles away from the stadium — say at the FIFA Fan Festival at Bayfront Park, Miami International Airport or Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, or along Ocean Drive on South Beach — these officials huddle and start monitoring the movement of the storm cell. —Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026