Synonyms for gather
verb come or bring together- assemble
- choose
- cluster
- collect
- congregate
- convene
- converge
- crowd
- draw
- flock
- huddle
- meet
- pick
- round up
- show up
- 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
- bunch up
- close with
- draw in
- gang up
- get together
- hang around
- hang out
- make the scene
- pile up
- pour in
- scare up
- scrape together
- stack up
Antonyms for gather
- cancel
- disperse
- dissemble
- divide
- leave
- miss
- reject
- scatter
- separate
- spread
- dissipate
- lose
- spend
- squander
- throw away
- waste
- allot
- deal
- distribute
- grow
- misunderstand
- plant
accrued
accumulate
- accrue
- acquire
- add to
- agglomerate
- aggregate
- amalgamate
- assemble
- bring together
- cache
- clean up
- collect
- collocate
- compile
- concentrate
- cumulate
- draw together
- expand
- gain
- gather
- grow
- heap
- heap together
- hoard
- incorporate
- increase
- load up
- lump
- make a bundle
- make a killing
- mass
- pile
- pile up
- procure
- profit
- rack up
- roll up
- round up
- scare up
- stack up
- stockpile
- store
- store up
- swell
- unite
accumulated
- accrue
- acquire
- add to
- agglomerate
- aggregate
- amalgamate
- assemble
- bring together
- cache
- clean up
- collect
- collocate
- compile
- concentrate
- cumulate
- draw together
- expand
- gain
- gather
- grow
- heap
- heap together
- hoard
- incorporate
- increase
- load up
- lump
- make a bundle
- make a killing
- mass
- pile
- pile up
- procure
- profit
- rack up
- roll up
- round up
- scare up
- stack up
- stockpile
- store
- store up
- swell
- unite
accumulates
- accrue
- acquire
- add to
- agglomerate
- aggregate
- amalgamate
- assemble
- bring together
- cache
- clean up
- collect
- collocate
- compile
- concentrate
- cumulate
- draw together
- expand
- gain
- gather
- grow
- heap
- heap together
- hoard
- incorporate
- increase
- load up
- lump
- make a bundle
- make a killing
- mass
- pile
- pile up
- procure
- profit
- rack up
- roll up
- round up
- scare up
- stack up
- stockpile
- store
- store up
- swell
- unite
Word Origin & History
Old English gadrian, gædrian "unite, agree, assemble; gather, collect, store up," used of flowers, thoughts, persons; from Proto-Germanic *gadurojan "bring together, unite" (cf. Old English gæd "fellowship, companionship," gædeling "companion;" Middle Low German gadderen; Old Frisian gaderia; Dutch gaderen "to gather," gade "spouse;" German Gatte "husband;" Gothic gadiliggs), from PIE *ghedh- "to unite, join" (see good (adj.). Change of spelling from -d- to -th- is 1500s, reflecting earlier change in pronunciation. Related: Gathered; gathering.
Example Sentences forgather
He said "It is Light" and he used the rays of the early sun to gather food for his family.
But as I gather it, after you shot Bill Dozier you simply sat on your horse and waited.
We gather this simply from the opinions we had previously formed of the authors.
Close on our right a twig snapped and I began to gather myself for the spring.
She is being prepared, as nearly as I can gather, to receive a proposal of marriage.
Do you gather the things I need--clothes, money, trinkets, and what not--to be taken with me.
"Without doubt, he could gather no confidence by witnessing our indifference," he said.
From this we gather that his mind was fertile in expedients.
Gather them while the shells are very soft, and rub them all with a flannel.
Gather the grapes when they are full grown, but before they begin to purple.