| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather in group |
| Synonyms: | assemble, bundle, cluster, collect, congregate, cram, crowd, flock, group, herd, huddle, mass, pack |
| Antonyms: | disperse, divide, scatter, separate, spread |
| Main Entry: | cluster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assemble, group |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, aggregate, associate, bunch, bunch up, bundle, collect, crowd around, cumulate, flock, gang around, gather, package, parcel, round up |
| Antonyms: | disperse, dissemble, let go, scatter |
| Main Entry: | compact |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | condensed |
| Synonyms: | appressed, bunched, close, compressed, crowded, dense, firm, hard, impenetrable, impermeable, packed, pressed, solid, thick, tight |
| Notes: | a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities |
| Antonyms: | loose, slack, uncondensed |
| Main Entry: | concentrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather, collect |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, assemble, bunch, center, centralize, cluster, coalesce, collect, combine, compact, compress, congest, conglomerate, congregate, consolidate, constrict, contract, converge, cramp, crowd, draw together, eliminate, embody, focalize, focus, forgather, garner, get to the meat, heap, heap up, hoard, huddle, integrate, intensify, localize, mass, muster, narrow, pile, reduce, salt away, store, strengthen, swarm, unify, zero in |
| Antonyms: | disperse, scatter |
| Main Entry: | crowd |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cram, press into area |
| Synonyms: | bear, bunch, bundle, chock, cluster, congest, congregate, crush, deluge, elbow, flock, gather, huddle, jam, jam-pack, justle, mass, muster, overcrowd, pack, pack 'em in, pack like sardines, pile, push, ram, sardine, shove, squash, squeeze, squish, stream, surge, swamp, swarm, throng, top off, troop |
| Antonyms: | abandon, leave, retreat |
| Main Entry: | group |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring together |
| Synonyms: | arrange, assemble, associate, band together, bracket, bunch, bunch up, cluster, collect, congregate, consort, corral, crowd, gang around, gang up, gather, get together, hang out*, harmonize, huddle, link, make the scene, meet, organize, poke, punch*, round up, scare up, systematize |
| Antonyms: | disperse, scatter, spread |
| Main Entry: | heap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amass, collect in pile |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, add, arrange, augment, bank, bunch, concentrate, deposit, dump, fill, fill up, gather, group, hoard, increase, load, lump, mass, mound, pack, stack, stockpile, store, swell |
| Main Entry: | huddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | meet, discuss |
| Synonyms: | bunch, cluster, confer, consult, converge, crouch, crowd, cuddle, curl up, draw together, flock, gather, herd, hug, hunch up, mass, nestle, parley, powwow, press, press close, snuggle, throng |
| Antonyms: | cancel |
| Main Entry: | pack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make ready for transport |
| Synonyms: | batch, bind, brace, bunch, bundle, burden, collect, dispose, fasten, gather, get ready, load, package, put in order, store, stow, tie, warehouse |
| Antonyms: | dismantle, unpack, untie |