<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to come together; assemble, especially in large numbers: People waiting for rooms congregated in the hotel lobby</li><li>(used with object) to bring together in a crowd, body, or mass; assemble; collect</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>congregated; assembled</li><li>formed by collecting; collective</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>cluster</li><li>throng</li><li>collect</li><li>gather</li></ul>