huddle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of HUDDLE

to gather into a closely packed group <the puppies huddled together to keep warm>

Synonyms bunch, cluster, crowd, huddle, pile

Related Words assemble, collect, concenter, concentrate, conglomerate, congregate, convene, converge, flock, forgather (or foregather), herd, swarm, throng; encircle, mob, surround; embrace, hug

Near Antonyms break up, disband, disperse, split (up)

to lie low with the limbs close to the body <huddled under her bed when she heard an intruder>

Synonyms couch, huddle, hunch, hunker (down), scrunch, squat, squinch

Related Words curl up

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