GATHERS Synonyms: 194 Similar and Opposite Words

gathers

verb

present tense third-person singular of gather

as in collects

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 harvests

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 converges

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 derives

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 accumulates

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 gains

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

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as in summons

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 gathers The festival gathers experts, speakers and thinkers from the worlds of music, film, TV, tech and culture. —

Mary Wenthur, Footwear News, 2 June 2026 The rides will be free for a limited time while Waymo gathers feedback and refines the experience. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026 The same thing happens every summer, as Evangelos Marinakis gathers the club hierarchy for a debrief. —

Paul Taylor, New York Times, 2 June 2026 That number comes from Luminate, which gathers sales and streaming data, which is then used to compile the Billboard charts each week. —

Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Penn Farm program coordinator Ezra Tischler gathers inedible fibrous and woody materials from plants for the project. —

Marcella Baietto, CBS News, 1 June 2026 The International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is a sprawling, multi-day event that gathers master artisans from over 50 countries to showcase and sell their traditional handmade crafts. —

Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026 And Metropolis is one of the few places in Beirut that gathers people despite their political beliefs, their affiliations, their religion, their whatever. —

Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 28 May 2026 At the base of the system, a collection tank gathers the remaining water. —

Nia Bowers, USA Today, 28 May 2026

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If the Knicks clutch victory, customers win a free meal and the bar collects over $13,000 from its Kalshi contract.

— Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 3 June 2026
Revelations about the contribution come ahead of a potentially historic primary election in which voters will decide whether to dramatically reshape how the state collects taxes.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026