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Definition of GATHER

1

to bring together in one body or place <he gathered the leftovers from the table and gave them to the dog> <let's gather the students and have them line up on the playground before going in from recess>

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

Phrases get together

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

Antonyms dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter

2

to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use <late summer is when we gather the tomatoes and begin canning them for the winter>

Synonyms gather, pick, reap

Related Words clam, fish, seal, shrimp, whale; accumulate, forage, garner; glean; cut, hay, mow; bag, capture, hunt, net, snare, trap; crop, grow, raise

Near Antonyms plant, seed, sow

3

to come together into one body or place <a crowd gathered around the street musician> <ask the faculty to gather in the lounge for the meeting>

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

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

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

4

to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information <I gather that, since you are back so early, she didn't want to see you?>

Synonyms conclude, decide, deduce, derive, extrapolate, gather, judge, make out, reason, understand

Related Words assume, suppose; conjecture, guess, speculate, surmise; construe, interpret, read; contemplate, philosophize, rationalize, think; ascertain, dope (out), find out

5

to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass <the newspapers that had been allowed to gather on the front doorstep told thieves that the family was away on vacation>

Synonyms accrete, accumulate, amass, build up, concentrate, conglomerate, gather, mass, pile (up), stack (up)

Related Words agglutinate, clump, lump; bank, drift, ridge

Near Antonyms disperse, dissipate, scatter

6

to gradually increase in <the movement gathered force as election day neared>

Synonyms build up, gather, grow (in), pick up

Related Words double (in), triple (in); accrue, accumulate, amass; excite, stimulate; enhance, enlarge, enrich, expand, extend, maximize; boost, elevate, jack (up), mount, ramp (up), step up

Near Antonyms abate, decline (in), diminish (in), dip, dwindle, fall (in), lessen, taper, taper off

Antonyms decrease (in), lose

7

to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers <gathered the strength to finish the marathon>

Synonyms conjure (up), gather, get up

Related Words educe, elicit, evoke, raise