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| Main Entry: | gather |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come or bring together |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, aggregate, amass, assemble, associate, capture, choose, cluster, collect, concentrate, congregate, convene, converge, corral, crowd, cull, draw, flock, garner, get together, group, hang around*, heap, herd, hoard, huddle, marshal, mass, meet, muster, pick, pluck, poke*, punch*, rally, reunite, round up*, show up, stockpile, swarm, throng, unite, bunch up, close with, draw in, forgather, gang up, hang out*, make the scene, pile up, pour in, scare up, scrape together, stack up |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, mass, pick up, pile, pluck, reap, select, stack, take in, ingather |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | decrease, lose |
| Main Entry: | accumulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather or amass something |
| Synonyms: | accrue, acquire, add to, agglomerate, aggregate, amalgamate, assemble, cache, collect, collocate, compile, concentrate, expand, gain, gather, grow, heap, hoard, incorporate, increase, lump*, mass, pile*, procure, profit, rack up*, round up*, stockpile, store, swell, unite, bring together, clean up*, cumulate, draw together, heap together, load up, make a bundle, make a killing, pile up*, roll up*, scare up, stack up, store up |
| Antonyms: | disperse, dissipate, dwindle, lessen, lose, spend, squander, waste |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, grab, have, hustle, land, pick up, procure, promote, rack up*, secure, snag*, take, wangle*, win, get hands on, get hold of, latch onto, lock up, scare up, take possession of |
| Antonyms: | fail, forfeit, forgo, lose, relinquish, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assemble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | congregate |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, agglomerate, amass, bunch, call, capture*, collect, convene, convoke, corral*, flock, gather, group, hang around*, huddle, lump, meet, mobilize, muster, rally, reunite, round up, summon, unite, bring together, bunch up, call together, come together, gang up*, hang out*, make the scene, meet up, scare up |
| Antonyms: | disperse, scatter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe, take for granted |
| Synonyms: | accept, ascertain, conclude, conjecture, consider, deduce, deem, divine, estimate, expect, fall for, fancy, find, gather, guess, imagine, infer, judge, postulate, predicate, presume, presuppose, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize, think, understand, be afraid, be inclined to think, count upon, get the idea, have a hunch, have sneaking suspicion, hypothesize, posit |
| Antonyms: | doubt, not believe |
| Main Entry: | band |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | group or join group |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, ally, amalgamate, belt, combine, consolidate, gather, league, merge, team, unite, coadjute, conjoin, federate |
| Main Entry: | believe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assume or suppose |
| Synonyms: | conjecture, consider, credit, deem, expect, feel, gather, guess, hold, imagine, judge, maintain, postulate, presume, reckon, sense, speculate, suppose, suspect, take, think, understand |
| Main Entry: | brew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, devise |
| Synonyms: | breed, compound, concoct, contrive, develop, excite, foment, form, gather, hatch, loom, mull, plot, project, scheme, start, weave, impend, stir up |
| Main Entry: | bring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transport or accompany |
| Synonyms: | attend, back, bear, buck*, carry, chaperon, companion, conduct, consort, convey, deliver, escort, fetch, gather, guide, gun*, heel*, import, lead, lug, pack, pick up, ride, schlepp*, shoulder, take, transfer, transport, truck, usher, piggyback, take along, tote |
| Antonyms: | drop, leave, quit, refuse, shun, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange meeting |
| Synonyms: | ask, assemble, bid, collect, contact, convene, convoke, gather, invite, muster, rally, request, subpoena, summon, telephone, phone, ring up |
| Antonyms: | cancel, stop |
| Main Entry: | center |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | concentrate, draw together |
| Synonyms: | attract, centralize, collect, consolidate, focus, gather, intensify, join, meet, unify, bring to a focus, bring together, close on, concenter, converge upon, focalize, medialize |
| Antonyms: | disperse, dissipate |
| Main Entry: | centralize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | concentrate, draw toward a point |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amalgamate, assemble, compact, condense, consolidate, converge, focus, gather, incorporate, integrate, organize, rationalize, systematize, unify, concenter, streamline |
| Antonyms: | disperse, scatter, decentralize |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | profit |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, acquire, earn, gain, gather, get, glean, make, net, obtain, pick up, realize, reap, receive, secure, win, clean up* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cluster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assemble, group |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, aggregate, associate, bunch, bundle, collect, flock, gather, package, parcel, round up, bunch up, crowd around, cumulate, gang around |
| Antonyms: | disperse, dissemble, scatter, let go |
| Main Entry: | collate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sort collection |
| Synonyms: | adduce, assemble, bracket, collect, compare, compose, contrast, examine, gather, group, match, order, relate, verify, analogize |
| 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, gather, group, heap, hoard, muster, rally, rendezvous, round up, save, stockpile, flock together, get hold of, scare up |
| Antonyms: | dispense, disperse, disseminate, distribute, divide, scatter, share |
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