Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun collect
1 sense of collect
Sense 1
collect -- (a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England)
=> prayer, petition, orison -- (reverent petition to a deity)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb collect
5 senses of collect
Sense 1
roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard -- (get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune")
=> store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away -- (keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat")
Sense 2
collect, take in -- (call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent")
=> take -- (take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks")
Sense 3
gather, garner, collect, pull together -- (assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together")
Sense 4
collect, pull in -- (get or bring together; "accumulate evidence")
=> roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard -- (get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune")
Sense 5
collect, pick up, gather up, call for -- (gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week")
=> get, acquire -- (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work")
Antonyms of adj collect
1 sense of collect
Sense 1
collect, cod -- (payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel")
INDIRECT (VIA due) -> undue -- (not yet payable; "an undue loan")
Similarity of adj collect
1 sense of collect
Sense 1
collect, cod -- (payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel")
=> due (vs. undue) -- (owed and payable immediately or on demand; "payment is due")
Synonyms of adv collect
1 sense of collect
Sense 1
collect -- (make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays; "call collect"; "send a package collect")