GATHERED Synonyms: 194 Similar and Opposite Words

gathered

verb

past tense of gather

as in assembled

to bring together in one body or place 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

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as in harvested

to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use late summer is when we gather the tomatoes and begin canning them for the winter

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as in converged

to come together into one body or place a crowd gathered around the street musician ask the faculty to gather in the lounge for the meeting

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as in derived

to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information I gather that, since you are back so early, she didn't want to see you?

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as in accumulated

to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass the newspapers that had been allowed to gather on the front doorstep told thieves that the family was away on vacation

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as in gained

to gradually increase in the movement gathered force as election day neared

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as in summoned

to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers gathered the strength to finish the marathon

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Recent Examples of gathered The project draws on testimonies Ozirna gathered in the war’s early days, including accounts of families forced to crawl across their floors to avoid being seen. —

Ben Croll, Variety, 15 May 2026 Gillman was part of a panel of experts that gathered at The Pacific Club in Newport Beach to weigh in on a degree’s worth. —

Victoria Le, Oc Register, 15 May 2026 The cosmic web is the term scientists use to describe a skeleton-like framework of filaments and sheets of dark matter and gas along which galaxies gathered and evolved over time, which is punctuated by nearly empty voids. —

Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 May 2026 But the direction of travel is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore, not only in India, but in global investment flows, renewable cost curves, electric vehicle adoption and the fact that countries gathered in Santa Marta are now openly discussing how to move beyond coal, oil and gas. —

Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 Hence, the pitch to Illumination and Universal Studios, with were both given access to the insights La Roche-Posay gathered from patients. —

Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 15 May 2026 As the interview ended, Tursun gathered herself slowly before stepping back out into the streets of Washington. —

Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026 The British pound slumped to a one-month low against the dollar on Friday, continuing its sustained slide over the past week as talk of a challenge to Starmer has gathered momentum. —

Hugh Leask, CNBC, 15 May 2026 The annual update reports on the water quality and health of Baltimore's Inner Harbor based on data gathered by both Blue Water Baltimore and Waterfront Partnership in 2024. —

Adam Thompson, CBS News, 8 May 2026

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Fox even had its chief technology officer address the assembled at its upfront presentation.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 15 May 2026
This reduction in mechanical complexity allows the system to be manufactured and assembled using standard US factory infrastructure and existing supply chains, which is intended to decrease both costs and deployment timelines.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026