BROODS Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words

broods 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of brood

as in spawns

to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop don't disturb the hen while she's brooding

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broods

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noun

plural of brood

as in clutches

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Recent Examples of broods

Verb

Set in the evening, the scene broods as an unknown figure, only identifiable by his terrible Lego haircut and furry boots, stomps toward the Stallion Saloon. — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 June 2026 Veteran model Eva Herzigova is pictured in a sculptural skirt suit, while Liu Wen broods in a puffy leather bomber jacket. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

Recent Examples of Synonyms for broods

Verb

Slop spawns, and Waymo’s artificially intelligent cars hum into view like two-ton rolling Rorschach tests.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Molluscum is caused by a virus and spawns the pimple-like bumps.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of spawns

Noun

In August 2021, Qatar signed another agreement committing $40 million to a cash assistance program that would give nearly 100,000 Palestinian households $100 per month for four months.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Limiting it to households with wealth under $500,000 — about 70% of Americans — cuts that to $190 billion.

— Sarah Cannon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of households

Verb

Piper hatches a scheme to reclaim what she’s lost, with the house’s ghostly inhabitant as her unlikely inhabitant.

— Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2026
That detour plays into the hand of Mayor Humdinger who hatches a dirty rotten plan to mine the isle of its gem resources, a development that imperils all.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of hatches

Noun

The Milky Way runs straight through it, bringing with it three bright open star clusters — M36, M37 and M38.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Inspired by the rounded shapes of water droplets, the 22-piece collection features clusters of natural diamonds in varying sizes, set across sculptural surfaces of 14-karat yellow gold.

— Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of clusters

Noun

Hutch seemed unhurt beyond a twisted knee, but Ed, stripped naked, was a mass of small cuts and bright greening bruises that made an awful background for ridges of clotted blood.

— Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
The survey data included morning blood draws from fasting military members.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of blood

Verb

While these tracks are endearing enough, Way Dynamic’s real magic sits at the juncture of folk and forlornness, when Young’s guitar is allowed to ramble and his regrets are sharp enough to bruise.

— Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026
Bae Hyeon-seong plays Sun-woo in his first lead role in a feature film, and the knotty relationship between mother and son sits at the heart of the film.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of sits

Noun

The astronauts were also on the lookout for swarms of lunar dust.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Already that has included key battlefield support for Iran – and lessons of drone and missile swarms learned from Russia’s experience in Ukraine – in exchange for Russia’s use of Iran’s game-changing Shahed drones.

— Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2026