cluster

1. 1.

   a grouping of a number of similar things

   “a bunch of trees”

   “a cluster of admirers”

   Synonymsbunchclumpclustering

   Broaderagglomeration

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Other forms of cluster

plural

clusters·

past tense

clusterred·

present participle

clusterring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cluster

What does cluster mean?

cluster means "come together as in a cluster or flock". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cluster?

cluster has 2 syllables: clus-ter. The stress falls on "clus". In IPA it is /ˈklʌstɚ/.

What is another word for cluster?

Close synonyms include constellate, flock, clump, bunch, bundle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cluster a common word?

cluster is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with cluster?

1 word rhymes with cluster. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.