Cluster
Cluster verb - To gather into a closely packed group.
Usage example: all the cottages are clustered on one end of the lake
Swarm is a synonym for cluster in crowd topic. In some cases you can use "Swarm" instead the word "Cluster" as a verb or a noun.
Nearby Words: clustered, clustering, clusterization, clustery
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The Zerg swarm has gone from nearly conquering known space to dozens of fragmented broods hiding on backwater worlds now that Terrans have crushed their primary hive cluster on Char.
- Macross Missile Massacre: The Swarm Missile Launcher, which effectively fires four cluster missiles each time you pull the trigger.
Source: Video Game / Tachyon: The Fringe - The minimum range of Tomahawk cruise missiles is why the -D variant (cluster munitions) fired to clear a beach of a mass zombie swarm, fired from the USS Michigan, had to be steered around the long way inland before turning back to their actual targets.
Source: Arbitrary Minimum Range
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Swarm and Cluster. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cluster/swarm
Cluster & Swarm. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cluster/swarm>.
Swarm or Cluster. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cluster/swarm.
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