Synonyms for congregate
ˈkɒŋ grɪˌgeɪt; ˈkɒŋ grɪ gɪt, -ˌgeɪtcon·gre·gate

Princeton's WordNet

1. congregateverb

   come together, usually for a purpose

   "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve"

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1. congregateverb

   Synonyms:
   assemble, collect, muster, gather, convene, convoke, bring together

2. congregateverb

   Synonyms:
   assemble, meet, come together, meet together

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1. List of paraphrases for "congregate":

   gather, congregated, regroup

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How to use congregate in a sentence?

1. United States.Alex Piquero:

   The more people get vaccinated, the better off we'll all be to congregate in large events again.

2. Kashim Shettima:

   There’s beauty in numbers, there’s security in numbers. So our target is to congregate all the people in five major urban settlements and provide them with means of livelihood, education, health care and, of course, security, it’s a long-term solution, certainly.

3. Anthony Fauci:

   If you are vaccinated, and particularly if you are boosted, you're going to have to wear a mask on the plane anyway. That's a regulation. But be prudent and careful. When you go to the airport, particularly, that's an indoor congregate setting, i believe that if people follow the recommendations of the CDC about indoor masking, take the advice of getting vaccinated and getting boosted, we should be fine for the holidays, and we should enjoy it with our family and our friends.

4. Mike Steele:

   We're trying to avoid congregate sheltering.

5. Angela Gittens:

   Most airports were not built to have people congregate at doors, and every time you stop people, you're interfering with what airports were supposed to be doing. You're trapping people in a line where if something did happen these people would not be able to scatter.