| Main Entry: | gather |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come or bring together |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, aggregate, amass, assemble, associate, bunch up, capture, choose, close with, cluster, collect, concentrate, congregate, convene, converge, corral, crowd, cull, draw, draw in, flock, forgather, gang up, garner, get together, group, hang around, hang out*, heap, herd, hoard, huddle, make the scene, marshal, mass, meet, muster, pick, pile up, pluck, poke*, pour in, punch*, rally, reunite, round up, scare up, scrape together, show up, stack up, stockpile, swarm, throng, unite |
| Notes: | garner means to amass or acquire or reap; gather means to assemble or get together |
Antonyms: |
allot, deal, disperse, distribute, divide, scatter, separate, spread |
| Main Entry: | gather |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be led to believe; infer |
Synonyms: |
assume, conclude, deduce, draw, expect, find, hear, imagine, judge, learn, make, presume, reckon, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, think, understand |
Antonyms: |
misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | gather |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harvest, pick out |
Synonyms: |
crop, cull, draw, extract, garner, glean, heap, ingather, mass, pick up, pile, pluck, reap, select, stack, take in |
Antonyms: |
grow, plant |
| Main Entry: | gather |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gain, increase |
Synonyms: |
build, deepen, enlarge, expand, grow, heighten, intensify, rise, swell, thicken, wax |
| Main Entry: | accrue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase by addition or growth, often financial |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, amass, build up, collect, enlarge, flow, gather, grow, increase |
| Notes: | a person or thing is the subject of (acquire) the acquiring process; a person or thing is the object or goal of (accrue) the accruing process |
Antonyms: |
decrease, lose |
| Main Entry: | accumulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather or amass something |
Synonyms: |
accrue, acquire, add to, agglomerate, aggregate, amalgamate, assemble, bring together, cache, clean up, collect, collocate, compile, concentrate, cumulate, draw together, expand, gain, gather, grow, heap, heap together, hoard, incorporate, increase, load up, lump*, make a bundle, make a killing, mass, pile up, pile*, procure, profit, rack up, roll up, round up, scare up, stack up, stockpile, store, store up, swell, unite |
Antonyms: |
disperse, dissipate, dwindle, lessen, lose, spend, squander, waste |
| Main Entry: | acquire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obtain or receive |
Synonyms: |
access, achieve, amass, annex, attain, bring in, buy, catch, collect, cop, corral*, earn, gain, gather, get, get hands on, get hold of, grab, have, hustle, land, latch onto, lock up, pick up, procure, promote, rack up, scare up, secure, snag*, take, take possession of, wangle, win |
Antonyms: |
fail, forfeit, forgo, lose, relinquish, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | assemble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | congregate |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, agglomerate, amass, bring together, bunch, bunch up, call, call together, capture*, collect, come together, convene, convoke, corral*, flock, gang up, gather, group, hang around, hang out*, huddle, lump, make the scene, meet, meet up, mobilize, muster, rally, reunite, round up, scare up, summon, unite |
Antonyms: |
disperse, scatter |
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe, take for granted |
Synonyms: |
accept, ascertain, be afraid, be inclined to think, conclude, conjecture, consider, count upon, deduce, deem, divine, estimate, expect, fall for, fancy, find, gather, get the idea, guess, have a hunch, have sneaking suspicion, hypothesize, imagine, infer, judge, posit, postulate, predicate, presume, presuppose, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize, think, understand |
Antonyms: |
doubt, not believe |
| Main Entry: | band |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | group or join group |
Synonyms: |
affiliate, ally, amalgamate, belt, coadjute, combine, conjoin, consolidate, federate, gather, league, merge, team, unite |