Synonyms of congregating

congregating

verb

present participle of congregate

1

as in collecting

to bring together in one body or place

both captains congregated their team members for some pregame strategizing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collecting
• assembling
• gathering
• amassing
• accumulating
• grouping
• corralling
• garnering
• joining
• concentrating
• combining
• packing
• lumping
• getting together
• uniting
• constellating
• piling
• organizing
• flocking
• huddling
• swarming
• bulking (up)
• rounding up
• mustering
• thronging
• stacking
• rallying
• connecting
• arranging
• clustering
• banding
• balling
• herding
• bunching
• raising
• picking up
• merging
• pooling
• linking
• compiling
• batching
• regrouping
• heaping
• collating
• hiving
• pressing
• brigading
• systematizing
• archiving
• scraping (up or together)
• regathering
• re-collecting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dispersing
• scattering
• separating
• dissipating
• dissolving
• sending
• dispelling
• disintegrating
• severing
• splitting (up)
• dismissing
• breaking up
• disbanding

2

as in gathering

to come together into one body or place

pilgrims have been congregating in the town's historic square for centuries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gathering
• converging
• meeting
• assembling
• convening
• rendezvousing
• collecting
• clustering
• joining
• concentrating
• conglomerating
• merging
• getting together
• cooperating
• collaborating
• consolidating
• uniting
• forgathering
• consorting
• affiliating
• clubbing
• concentering
• allying
• associating
• caucusing
• coupling
• confederating
• federating
• reconvening
• conjoining
• banding (together)
• ganging up
• reassembling
• regathering
• remeeting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dispersing
• leaving
• disbanding
• splitting (up)
• departing
• breaking up
• taking off
• dissociating
• disuniting
• disjoining

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of congregating

This year, though, the river’s dry sections could prevent returning salmon from getting far, and might leave them congregating at its mouth or in its lower reaches, which can increase the risks of a disease outbreak. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Just two years later, in 1928, The New York Times reported that thousands of ex-Neapolitans were congregating for a festival that had already extended from one day to a full week. — Clare Whitton, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026

Set Out Traps Set bowls of water with a few drops of baby oil around areas where swarms are congregating. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2026

Video from Reuters showed worshippers congregating near the ruins of the community hub in the Tequendama neighborhood. — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Out of fear of lost revenue, the two allegedly hatched a plan to use mothballs to deter birds from congregating on the beach behind their businesses, authorities said. — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026

The animals began congregating here when local fishermen cleaned their catches in the water, leaving scraps behind. — Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026

The congregating gas molecules merge into larger bubbles at these sites. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026

The sky was alive with millions of fluttering shapes, congregating into clouds at random, occasionally turning into ribbons that wound through the trees. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026