CONSTELLATE Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

constellate

verb

ˈkän(t)-stə-ˌlāt

Definition of constellate

as in to collect

to bring together in one body or place the museum has constellated many of the artist's most glorious paintings into one stunning exhibition

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Recent Examples of constellate To make sense of a correspondence, however complete or incomplete, is to constellate fragmentary evidence, and make surmises about what is missing (including what may not have been apparent to the letter-writers themselves). — Langdon Hammer, The New York Review of Books, 25 Feb. 2020 Kathleen Shafer tells Judd’s story, and constellating stories about art, history, landscape, weather, the mysterious Marfa lights, economics, sociology and, of course, real estate. — Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2017

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If Bitcoin payments become a real economic layer, miners may not only collect fees after transactions arrive.

— Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
The report also alleged Phillips may have collected his government salary while working on campaign activity.

— Tia Mitchell, AJC.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of collect

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Finally, the third recruits seaweed to gather minerals that are otherwise too dilute to chase.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026
Uptown’s First Ward Park became a scene of resistance Saturday evening when about 75 people gathered to mourn two men who were fatally shot by ICE this month.

— Noah Vinsky July 25, Charlotte Observer, 26 July 2026

Definition of gather

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Jacobsen has assembled plenty of relevant precedents for an unprecedented cataclysm.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
The narrator references the tolling of the clock while waiting for the characters to assemble—engineering as theatrical an atmosphere for the start of the story, as possible, and cementing that performance is the story’s governing framework.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

Definition of assemble

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Someone else may find something that points in a different direction, and eventually, as research accumulates, a consensus will be formed.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
These chemicals, which can accumulate in human bodies and cause cancer, are so widespread across consumer products that they can be found from a pair of yoga pants to non-stick cooking pans.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 24 July 2026

Definition of accumulate

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And Ziyu Gao, the club’s vp, posts TikToks about the process of getting into USC; a 2025 clip, which shows her real-time reactions to her college admissions decisions, has amassed nearly half a million views.

— Avery Stone, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
Across her TikTok and social media pages, the junior red carpet correspondent (who has even done some work for PEOPLE) has amassed a following of over 3 million for her fashion-forward ‘fits and A-list celebrity interviews shared to her channels.

— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Definition of amass

Verb

Royals infielders Tyler Tolbert and Andrew Velazquez both went for the baseball, but neither could corral it.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
They’ve been seen, for example, corralling schools of rays, creating waves to push penguins from ice blocks and extracting the livers of white sharks.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026

Definition of corral

Verb

As of this week, the committee’s previous recommendation to revoke Eastside’s request for proposal to build the redevelopment had not garnered final approval by, or appeared on a meeting agenda of, the Unified Government Board of Commissioners.

— Sofi Zeman July 30, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
Philippine officials credit the transparency strategy with garnering international support for the Philippines and strengthening its military alliances.

— Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026

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