1,400 new words in our dictionary! — Parasocial, glow-up, promposal & more
1,400 new words in our dictionary! — More

constellates

verb

present tense third-person singular of constellate
as in collects
to bring together in one body or place the museum has constellated many of the artist's most glorious paintings into one stunning exhibition

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for constellates
  1. collects
  2. assembles
  3. gathers
  4. groups
  5. accumulates
  6. rounds up
  7. amasses
  8. corrals
Verb
  • Three proposals, if adopted, would amend the state’s constitution to change how Florida collects taxes and budgets its money.
    — Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
  • And there’s the operator, which might be a third-party management company such as Aimbridge, Highgate, Crescent or HEI that runs the property day to day and collects a management fee.
    — Emma Clapp, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of collects
Verb
  • Much like an engine compresses fuel before ignition, FLARE first assembles the fuel to high density before delivering a separate, rapid burst of energy to trigger fusion.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
  • For example, an agent assembles a renewal quote and flags the risks.
    — Katherine Kostereva, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of assembles
Verb
  • The cameras mounted by Flock and two major competitors, Rekor and Axon, are only small pieces of the technological net that gathers data on movements, consumer habits, employment and other things, most of it collected privately.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The same logic has already appeared in Ellen’s workshop for women in film, where authority gathers under the name of confession.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of gathers
Verb
  • Because humans can readily resolve patterns in motion — when points move in the same direction, the brain groups them into a unified whole — the moving dots appear as faint letters.
    — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of groups
Verb
  • Marketing will lean harder on sleep framing as DAZZEON-style data accumulates.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Aging occurs not merely because damage accumulates but because these protective systems themselves become less effective over time.
    — Venki Ramakrishnan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of accumulates
Verb
  • InStyle rounds up eight cinnamon perfumes worth adding to your fragrance rotation this fall.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Related Articles Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Book From art book publisher, Taschen, the two-volume catalog rounds up many of the Lucas Museum’s most important pieces, from paintings and illustrations, to comics, photography and cinematic archives.
    — Tim Chan, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of rounds up
Verb
  • Speakers noted the Republican nominee's oil and gas investments as the energy sector amasses profits while the Iran war drives up fuel costs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Kang amasses writings from over the course of her career, beginning with her Nobel lecture and reaching deep into her life’s documents, with diaries, poems, and photographs.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 May 2026
Definition of amasses
Verb
  • But the more underrated value lies in the harness that corrals that intelligence to achieve specific business outcomes.
    — Don Schuerman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Goodman’s prose is clear rather than complex, and carefully calibrated to each of her characters; the book’s form corrals the natural speed of her sentences into act-length shapes that one moves around in one’s head like puzzle pieces.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
Definition of corrals
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

constellated
constellates
constellating
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Constellates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/constellates. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of argot

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Why do we 'bury the lede?'
See More

Popular

See More

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
image of the words cracker fly and sale arranged in a triangle with the word fire in the middle
Triple Play Quiz Find the word that pairs with each of the three g...
See All