assemble

assemble

verb

Definition of ASSEMBLE

1

to come together into one body or place <the graduates were told to assemble in the cafeteria an hour before the ceremony>

Synonyms cluster, collect, concenter, concentrate, conglomerate, congregate, convene, converge, forgather (or foregather), gather, meet, rendezvous

Related Words affiliate, ally, associate, band (together), caucus, club, collaborate, confederate, conjoin, consolidate, consort, cooperate, couple, federate, gang up, join, merge, unite; reassemble, reconvene, regather, remeet

Phrases get together

Near Antonyms depart, leave, take off; disjoin, dissociate, disunite

Antonyms break up, disband, disperse, split (up)

2

to form by putting together parts or materials <it took a lot more time to assemble the model train set than the box said it would>

Synonyms assemble, confect, construct, erect, fabricate, make, make up, piece, put up, raise, rear, set up

Related Words carpenter, fashion, forge, frame, hammer, handcraft, manufacture, mold, produce, shape; prefabricate; begin, coin, create, generate, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, invent, originate; constitute, establish, father, found, institute, organize; conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), design, devise, imagine, think (up); reassemble, rebuild, reconstruct, redevelop, reedify [British], retrofit; jerry-build, rig (up), throw up; combine, unite

Near Antonyms demolish, destroy, devastate, flatten, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, ruin, ruinate, shatter, smash, wreck; blow up, explode; detach, disengage; disconnect, disjoin, disunite, divide, separate

Antonyms demount, disassemble, dismantle, dismember, knock down, strike, take down, tear down

3

to bring together in assembly by or as if by command <we assembled the club members to decide who would be traveling with whom on the trip>

Synonyms assemble, call, convene, muster, summon

Related Words rally; call in, call out, call up, knell; amass, collect, gather, group, round up; reassemble, reconvene

Near Antonyms break up, dissolve

4

to bring together in one body or place <assembled an assortment of fancy desserts for the reception>

Synonyms accumulate, amass, assemble, bulk (up), collect, concentrate, congregate, constellate, corral, garner, group, lump, pick up, round up

Related Words ball, batch, bunch, cluster, huddle; heap, pile, stack; band, brigade, muster, raise, rally; flock, herd, hive, pack, press, swarm, throng; combine, connect, join, link, merge, pool, unite; archive, arrange, collate, compile, organize, systematize; scrape (up or together); re-collect, regather, regroup

Near Antonyms break up, disband, disintegrate, dissolve, separate, sever, split (up); dismiss, send

Antonyms dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter