GARNERS Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

garners

verb

present tense third-person singular of garner

as in collects

to bring together in one body or place a prisoner garnering food bit by bit and hiding it in his pillow an array of rock bands garnered from all over the country by the promoters of the festival

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as in earns

to receive as return for effort a novelist that has garnered praise for his literate police procedurals

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Recent Examples of garners The cool-girl pair garners plenty of praise, and the kicker? —

Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026 That doesn’t factor in the attention Cade Cunningham garners from defenders, which should generate open looks for Huerter. —

Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026 As the advertising event of the year, the Super Bowl garners massive attention from both the media and the general public. —

Charles Taylor, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026 As Sports Business Journal reported last year, the CBS rights deal accounts for more than 30 percent of the athletic budgets of West Point and the Naval Academy, and losing the exclusive window would be a major blow to the game, which garners millions of viewers each year. —

Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Jan. 2026 As Teyana Taylor garners acclaim and awards for One Battle After Another, the actress is responding to criticism of her performance. —

Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2026 In the time since, Gideon’s has grown from a bicycle-delivery operation to an East End Market stall to a Disney Springs emporium, where fans from around the world stand in line for sweets and coffee and limited-edition collectible merch that garners eBay bids into the hundreds. —

Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026 If the California initiative garners enough signatures, Newsom and the state legislature could potentially try to block it from appearing on the November ballot by filing an emergency petition with the California Supreme Court. —

Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 7 Jan. 2026 This coming budget season, state leaders will be tempted to boost spending that garners good will today but generates bad consequences tomorrow. —

Andrew Rein, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026

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Since the Suez is a manmade canal, Egypt collects the toll to pay for the costs of constructing and maintaining it.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
Who collects $100,000 in Social Security?

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026