Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "gather" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

disburse dispense disperse disseminate hunter lose scatter scattering spread spread

Derived Terms

a closed mouth gathers no feet be gathered to one's fathers begather chip and gather chip-and-gather forgather gather dust gather one's thoughts gather one's wits gather oneself gather oneself together gather pace gather rosebuds gather speed gather steam gather strength gather up gather way gather wool gatherable gatherer gathering board gathering coal gathering hoop gathering iron hunter-gather hunter-gathering ingather light-gathering power misgather omnium-gatherum regather together upgather wool-gather wool-gathering woolgather

Distinct From

hunter

Context

glassblowing medicine

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

accumulate aggregation amass assembling collecting collection conclude conglomerate cumulate group increase interact look for pile up pull reason reason out run up search seek sew sew together sewing stitch stitchery

Type Of (IsA)

collection sewing

Manner Of

pull reason search sew

Related Terms

accumulating action amass assemblage assembling behavior berries blowpipe bring bring in bring together bringing bringing together closer collect collect food collect together collecting collecting berries collecting stuff collecting things collecting together collection come come together coming coming together conclude congregate crowds crowds do do filled food forage foraging gathering getting getting together glass group grouping harvest harvest collect harvesting hunt hunt and hunting hunting and infer know meaning meaning get meeting molten part people pick pick up picking picking up pus reap source stuff together up

Similar Terms

come across encounter meet run across run into see

Synonym Network

accumulate assemble collect come gain increase meet together

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.