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VERB

gather

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assemble choose cluster collect congregate convene converge crowd draw flock huddle meet pick round up show up

STRONG

accumulate aggregate amass associate capture concentrate corral cull forgather garner group heap herd hoard marshal mass muster pluck poke punch rally reunite stockpile swarm throng unite

WEAK

bunch up draw in gang up get-together hang around hang out make the scene pile up pour in scare up scrape together stack up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cancel disperse dissemble divide leave miss reject scatter separate spread

STRONG

dissipate lose spend squander throw away waste

WEAK

allot deal distribute grow misunderstand plant

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Arda Guler came close with a vicious shot that flew just over.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

Gemma said Morgan and Judith were "very close" with a shared a love for music, having both played the guitar: "She idolised him, he was her blue-eyed boy."

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

In an interview published Friday, O’Brien said he and his wife were very close with the couple, describing them as “just such lovely people.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

They noted that Walden was close with Iger, her neighbor in Los Angeles’s wealthy Brentwood neighborhood and a fellow veteran of the television industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

How this guy had got so close with none of them noticing, Nico didn’t understand.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

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