Synonyms of broods

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spawns
• hatches
• sits
• lays
• incubates
• sets

broods

2 of 2

noun

plural of brood

1

as in clutches

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clutches
• clusters
• swarms
• colonies
• groups
• batteries
• pods
• batches
• banks
• flocks
• groupings
• bevies
• clumps
• packages
• musters
• bands
• mixtures
• gaggles
• huddles
• collections
• sets
• varieties
• arrays
• clots
• constellations
• suites
• packs
• blocks
• plumps
• agglomerations
• assortments
• parcels
• aggregations
• bunches
• odds and ends
• knots
• aggregates
• sundries
• miscellanies
• congregations
• lots
• organizations
• jumbles
• passels
• hodgepodges
• accumulations
• droves
• conglomerations
• assemblages
• assemblies
• gatherings
• collectives
• coalitions
• mergers
• absorptions
• compounds
• incorporations
• concretions
• mixes
• coalescences
• composites
• commixtures
• fusions
• integrations
• medleys
• cocktails
• alloys
• homogenizations
• hashes
• admixtures
• syntheses
• interfusions
• emulsions
• mergences
• melds
• amalgamations
• amalgams
• immixtures
• mélanges
• mishmashes
• patchworks
• intermixtures
• combinations
• hotchpotches
• conflations
• motleys
• potpourris

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elements
• components
• units
• items
• ingredients
• constituents
• individuals
• entities
• singles

2

as in households

Synonyms & Similar Words

• households
• kins
• blood
• kinsfolk
• kiths
• extended families
• kindreds
• folks
• houses
• kinfolks
• clans
• homes
• ménages
• communities
• nuclear families