huddles
Groups tightly together
Huddles is the plural of huddle—a tight cluster of people or things pressed close together.
Football players form a huddle between plays to discuss strategy.
People huddle for warmth or to confer privately: The executives went into huddles throughout the afternoon.
The word suggests intimacy, secrecy, or shelter from something outside the group.
Assembled collection of things
- clusterGathered group nearby
- bunchGrouped collection of items
- circleCurved closed shape
- clumpThick gathered mass
knot · pack · crowd · throng · assembly · congregation · meetup · get-together
Talk about thoroughly
- consultSeek expert guidance
- converseEngage in dialogue
- deliberateConsciously chosen, not accidental
- strategizeDevise a plan
brainstorm · collaborate · powwow · confab · talk · convene · debrief · plan
Creation or arrangement
- gameplanPredetermined course of action
- playbookDocumented set of tactics
- timeoutBrief suspension of play
- sidelineSecondary business pursuit
coach · quarterback · offense · defense · scheme · adjustment · coordination · teamwork
group
Assembled collection of things
clump · knot · pack · crowd · throng · assembly · congregation · meetup · get-together · conclave
discuss
Talk about thoroughly
- consultSeek expert guidance
- converseEngage in dialogue
- deliberateConsciously chosen, not accidental
strategize · brainstorm · collaborate · powwow · confab · talk · convene · debrief · plan · scheme
formation
Creation or arrangement
- gameplanPredetermined course of action
- playbookDocumented set of tactics
- timeoutBrief suspension of play
sideline · coach · quarterback · offense · defense · scheme · adjustment · coordination · teamwork · preparation
squat
Crouching on bent legs
kneel · cower · curl · scrunch · hunch · nestle · cluster · bunch · snuggle · burrow
- group activitiesgroup games, voting, protest, group dance, group project
- discussionsdiscussion, discussions, forum, talks, roundtable
- remote workremote work, telework, remote job, telecommuting, remote worker
- workplace collaborationmeetings, brainstorming, teamwork, delegation, presentations
- workplace communicationemail, emails, memo, memos, meeting
- youth footballflag football, tackle football, touch football, pee wee football, junior league
huddlesdisperses
Spreads widely apart
scatters · spreads out · separates · dissipates · breaks apart
huddlesstands tall
Exhibits upright pride
stretches out · sprawls · straightens · extends · expands
huddlesbroadcasts
Transmissions for public reception
mingles · circulates · isolates · withdraws
- team huddleBrief strategic gathering
- huddle upGather closely together
- no huddleFast-paced offensive strategy