Synonyms & Antonyms : Gather





Gather



( Verb )


A crowd soon gathered around him.

Synonyms:

Congregate

Collect

Muster

Convene

Accumulate

Amass

Flock

Group

Heap

Marshal

Assemble

Contextual Examples:

A crowd quickly congregated round to hear their dedicated leader.

We need to accumulate enough evidence to ensure his conviction.

They amassed enough evidence to convict him.

Huge number of birds had flocked together by the lake.

The police groups round the demonstrators.

The children were marshaled into the playground by their teacher.

We should first collect the funds and then plunge into action.

The general mustered courage and plunged his army into the war.



Antonyms:

Disband

Scatter

Separate

Diffuse

Disperse

Dissipate

Contextual Examples:

As soon as the mission was over, the leader disbanded the gang.

The sun sends out the rays, scattering them through out the horizon.

We can separate oxygen from the water. The left over is invisible gas hydrogen.




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