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gather
Synonyms and Antonyms of gather
- 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.
accumulate, amass, assemble, bulk (up), collect, concentrate, congregate, corral, garner, group, lump, pick up, round up
get together
- Late summer is when we gather the tomatoes and begin canning them for the winter.
- A crowd gathered around the street musician.
- Ask the faculty to gather in the lounge for the meeting.
assemble, cluster, collect, concentrate, conglomerate, congregate, convene, converge, forgather (or foregather), meet, rendezvous
get together
- I gather that, since you are back so early, the store was closed?
conclude, decide, deduce, derive, extrapolate, infer, judge, make out, reason, understand
draw a conclusion
- Fallen leaves gathered beneath the huge tree.
- The movement gathered force as election day neared.
Synonym Discussion of gather
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- a crowd quickly gathered
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- collected books on gardening
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- experts assembled for a conference
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- congregating under a shelter
synonyms see in addition infer
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