Synonyms of huddles

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noun

plural of huddle

1

as in meetings

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

• meetings
• gatherings
• conventions
• assemblies
• conclaves
• conferences
• councils
• congresses
• rallies
• synods
• workshops
• sessions
• convocations
• get-togethers
• symposiums
• seminars
• discussions
• conversations
• caucuses
• clinics
• demonstrations
• summits
• dialogues
• negotiations
• talks
• interviews
• cabinets
• forums
• discourses
• fora
• confabs
• audiences
• dialogs
• symposia
• roundtables
• palavers
• round tables
• parleys
• round-robins

2

as in clusters

a number of things considered as a unit

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clusters
• batches
• bunches
• groups
• arrays
• groupings
• collections
• clumps
• sets
• lots
• constellations
• assemblages
• packages
• series
• blocks
• banks
• batteries
• suites
• clutches
• assortments
• mixtures
• bands
• varieties
• musters
• clots
• parcels
• aggregations
• passels
• the whole kit and caboodle
• aggregates
• knots
• accumulations
• jumbles
• runs
• suits
• agglomerations
• conglomerations
• sundries
• odds and ends
• hodgepodges
• cycles
• miscellanies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• units
• items
• entities
• singles

3

as in groups

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

• groups
• groupings
• batches
• clusters
• bunches
• bands
• lots
• teams
• crops
• platoons
• crews
• clutches
• circles
• gatherings
• parties
• arrays
• batteries
• consorts
• collectives
• bodies
• organizations
• constellations
• squadrons
• battalions
• schools
• rounds
• cliques
• parcels
• the whole kit and caboodle
• knots
• congregations
• brigades
• passels
• boodles
• assemblies
• gangs
• factions
• musters
• coteries
• sets
• clans
• sects
• fellowships
• rings
• guilds
• task forces
• gilds
• phalanges
• outfits
• broods
• posses
• coalitions
• blocs
• phalanxes
• alliances
• federations
• leagues
• unions
• orders
• confederations
• bevies
• confederacies
• coveys

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individuals
• singles

huddles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of huddle

1

as in piles

to gather into a closely packed group

the puppies huddled together to keep warm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• piles
• crowds
• assembles
• clusters
• swarms
• presses
• flocks
• hugs
• bunches
• converges
• surrounds
• herds
• congregates
• concentrates
• convenes
• collects
• throngs
• encircles
• conglomerates
• foregathers
• forgathers
• mobs
• embraces
• concenters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• splits (up)
• disperses
• breaks up
• disbands

2

as in crouches

to lie low with the limbs close to the body

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crouches
• hunches
• squats
• couches
• hunkers (down)
• scrunches
• squinches
• curls up