| Main Entry: | convene |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring together; meet |
Synonyms: |
assemble, call, call in, collect, come together, congregate, convoke, corral, gather, get together, hold meeting, muster, open, rally, round up, scare up, sit, summon, unite |
Antonyms: |
adjourn, call off, cancel, disperse, dissemble |
| 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: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange meeting |
Synonyms: |
ask, assemble, bid, collect, contact, convene, convoke, gather, invite, muster, phone, rally, request, ring up, subpoena, summon, telephone |
Antonyms: |
cancel, stop |
| Main Entry: | collect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accumulate, come together |
Synonyms: |
aggregate, amass, array, assemble, cluster, compile, congregate, congress, convene, converge, convoke, corral, flock, flock together, gather, get hold of, group, heap, hoard, muster, rally, rendezvous, round up, save, scare up, stockpile |
Antonyms: |
dispense, disperse, disseminate, distribute, divide, scatter, share |
| Main Entry: | congregate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assemble, come together |
Synonyms: |
besiege, bunch up, collect, concentrate, congress, convene, converge, convoke, corral, flock*, forgather, gang around, gang up, gather, hang out*, make the scene, mass, meet, meet up, muster, pack, raise, rally, rendezvous, round up, swarm, teem, throng |
Antonyms: |
divide, scatter, separate |
| Main Entry: | focus |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aim attention at |
Synonyms: |
adjust, attract, bring out, center, centralize, concenter, concentrate, convene, converge, direct, fasten, fix, fixate, get detail, home in, home in on, hone in, join, key on, knuckle down, meet, move in, pinpoint, pour it on, put, rivet, sharpen, spotlight*, sweat*, zero in, zoom in |
Antonyms: |
ignore, neglect |
| 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: | get together |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather, accumulate |
Synonyms: |
assemble, collect, congregate, convene, converge, join, meet, muster, rally, unite |
Antonyms: |
disperse, distribute, divide, scatter, separate |
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conduct meeting, function |
Synonyms: |
assemble, call, carry on, celebrate, convene, have, officiate, preside, run, solemnize |
Antonyms: |
cancel |
| Main Entry: | muster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather, come together |
Synonyms: |
assemble, call together, call up, collect, congregate, congress, convene, convoke, enroll, enter, group, join up, marshal, meet, mobilize, organize, raise, rally, rendezvous, round up, sign on, sign up, summon |
Antonyms: |
divide, remove, separate, throw away |