Synonyms of collecting

collecting

verb

present participle of collect

1

as in containing

to gain emotional or mental control of

applicants should collect their thoughts while waiting to be interviewed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• containing
• composing
• controlling
• calming
• re-collecting
• restraining
• settling
• recovering
• holding back
• rallying
• stilling
• soothing
• tranquilizing
• quieting
• lulling
• tranquillizing

2

as in accumulating

to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass

dust has been collecting under my bed for years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accumulating
• gathering
• amassing
• concentrating
• accreting
• massing
• conglomerating
• drifting
• building up
• clumping
• lumping
• banking
• piling (up)
• stacking (up)
• agglutinating
• ridging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dispersing
• scattering
• dissipating

• dispersing
• scattering
• dissipating

3

as in compiling

to bring together from several sources into a single volume or list

collected the author's early short stories, which were originally published in several obscure sci-fi magazines

Synonyms & Similar Words

• compiling
• gathering
• anthologizing
• assembling
• accumulating
• amassing
• collating
• editing
• revising
• grouping
• reworking
• revamping
• redacting
• reediting
• redrafting
• recompiling

4

as in assembling

to bring together in one body or place

she collects antique silverware

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assembling
• gathering
• amassing
• accumulating
• grouping
• corralling
• garnering
• packing
• combining
• joining
• concentrating
• lumping
• congregating
• organizing
• piling
• arranging
• stacking
• getting together
• compiling
• constellating
• rounding up
• raising
• uniting
• collating
• connecting
• mustering
• pooling
• balling
• merging
• clustering
• rallying
• batching
• linking
• picking up
• huddling
• archiving
• herding
• swarming
• banding
• systematizing
• bunching
• flocking
• heaping
• bulking (up)
• regrouping
• pressing
• hiving
• thronging
• re-collecting
• brigading
• regathering
• scraping (up or together)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dispersing
• scattering
• sending
• separating
• dissipating
• dissolving
• disintegrating
• dispelling
• dismissing
• severing
• splitting (up)
• breaking up
• disbanding

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• dispersing
• scattering
• sending
• separating
• dissipating
• dissolving
• disintegrating
• dispelling
• dismissing
• severing
• splitting (up)
• breaking up
• disbanding

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5

as in gathering

to come together into one body or place

a crowd collected at the beach as the sun slowly set over the horizon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gathering
• assembling
• meeting
• converging
• rendezvousing
• joining
• concentrating
• convening
• congregating
• clustering
• merging
• conglomerating
• consolidating
• collaborating
• cooperating
• concentering
• foregathering
• forgathering
• getting together
• federating
• affiliating
• uniting
• reassembling
• associating
• clubbing
• coupling
• allying
• consorting
• confederating
• caucusing
• conjoining
• regathering
• ganging up
• remeeting
• reconvening
• banding (together)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dispersing
• leaving
• disbanding
• splitting (up)
• breaking up
• departing
• taking off
• dissociating
• disjoining
• disuniting

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• dispersing
• leaving
• disbanding
• splitting (up)
• breaking up
• departing
• taking off
• dissociating
• disjoining
• disuniting

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