Antonyms of verb gather
1 of 9 senses of gather
Sense 1
gather, garner, collect, pull together -- (assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together")
Antonym of spread (Sense 1)
=> spread, distribute -- (distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb gather
9 senses of gather
Sense 1
gather, garner, collect, pull together -- (assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together")
Phrasal Verb-> gather up#1
Sense 2
meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather -- (collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room")
=> interact -- (act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues")
Sense 3
accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass -- (collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up")
=> increase -- (become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased")
Sense 4
gather -- (conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your homework")
=> reason, reason out, conclude -- (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house")
Sense 5
gather, pucker, tuck -- (draw together into folds or puckers)
=> sew, run up, sew together, stitch -- (fasten by sewing; do needlework)
Sense 6
assemble, gather, get together -- (get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members")
Sense 7
gather -- (draw and bring closer; "she gathered her shawl around her shoulders")
=> pull -- (apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin")
Sense 8
gather -- (look for (food) in nature; "Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall")
=> search, seek, look for -- (try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county")
Sense 9
gain, gather -- (increase or develop; "the peace movement gained momentum"; "the car gathers speed")
=> increase -- (become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased")
Antonyms of adj gathered
1 sense of gathered
Sense 1
collected (vs. uncollected), gathered (vs. ungathered) -- (brought together in one place; "the collected works of Milton"; "the gathered folds of the skirt")
uncollected (vs. collected), ungathered (vs. gathered) -- (not brought together in one place; "uncollected garbage in the streets")
Similarity of adj gathered
1 sense of gathered
Sense 1
collected (vs. uncollected), gathered (vs. ungathered) -- (brought together in one place; "the collected works of Milton"; "the gathered folds of the skirt")
Participle of verb gather (Sense 1)
=> gather, garner, collect, pull together -- (assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together")