CLUSTERING Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

clustering

verb

present participle of cluster

as in gathering

to come together into one body or place the mice clustered together into a small burrow

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as in crowding

to gather into a closely packed group all the cottages are clustered on one end of the lake

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Recent Examples of clustering Sacramento was crawling Saturday as crowds packed Bugtopia, winding between tables and clustering around displays with the restless motion of a human-sized ant colony. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Rockstar has a track record of clustering major beats around its parent company’s reporting dates, and a trailer ahead of that call would give the company’s brass something to point at as a symbol of unquestionable success. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 CorPower's commercial plan involves clustering dozens of buoys into arrays called CorPacks, each capable of producing hundreds of megawatts. — New Atlas, 21 July 2026 Winter meant going with her grandmother to the famed butterfly clustering site at the Monarch Grove Sanctuary in the town of Pacific Grove. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026 Unlike conventional cement, however, this new C-S-H develops throughout the material rather than clustering around cement particles. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026 The government extended internet access so that, rather than clustering in parks, Cubans could go online on our phones. — Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026 Upload speeds aren't bad either, often clustering in the 20Mbps range—while not as high as downloads, this is highly capable for things like streaming media and online video calls. — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026 One tanker has escaped the Strait of Hormuz and a bunch of others are clustering around the exit point, Bloomberg reports. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026

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Verb

On September 16, C-suite leaders from across Europe and the Middle East will be gathering in London for Fortune CEO Forum to talk about growth and share successes and best practices.

— Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
In a California town called Anzar in the late-19th century, Paulette is living with a local magnate’s eccentric son who’s fascinated by the tramps gathering outside his manor.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of gathering

Verb

Space technology, autonomy and robotics are converging around AI, sensors, edge compute, power systems and advanced manufacturing.

— John Gabriel, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Also converging upon the city are Ahmed, who has lost his job in the 1929 stock market crash, and a riveter on the under-construction Empire State Building with secret connections to all of them.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of converging

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Once a fixture of the American experience, the custom of collectively huddling around the cathode-ray hearth has largely been supplanted by the isolationist practices of the smartphone era.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, Hochul visited the Buffalo Bills training camp, chatting with fans and huddling with the team.

— Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 29 July 2026

Definition of huddling

Verb

Any resemblance between the TikTok series and the real-life version of Chairman Tom Ricketts meeting his wife, Cece, in the bleachers is purely coincidental, a Cubs source said.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
In true postmodern fashion, Fitzgerald gets a brief, drunken cameo, meeting Jack on an ocean liner.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of meeting

Verb

This prevents electricity from piling up in one vulnerable spot when the transistor switches off, allowing the electric field to spread more evenly.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
But the host Thunderwolves started piling up points in the second half and that was that.

— The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of piling

Verb

As that year’s freshman class president, Miles’ father, George, was instrumental in assembling some 600 freshmen to lug into place 300 tons of loose rock left over from the stadium excavation.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
On the provider side, the response is a person opening a portal, reading the denial reason, pulling the record and assembling an appeal by hand.

— Oleg Nesterov, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of assembling

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