Synonyms for collect
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Gather
gather, amass, accumulate, get, assemble, find, garner, bring together, congregate, compile, acquire, scrape together, glean, extract, hoard, pull together, meet, pile, secure, round up, cull, rake
3. Bump into — to collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle)
Definitions
- v. 1
To infer; to conclude.
- v. 2
To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).
The truck veered across the central reservation and collected a car that was travelling in the opposite direction.
- v. 3
To gather together; amass.
Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.
- v. 4
To get; particularly, get from someone.
A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan. A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house.
Related words
Forms
- Past participle
- collected
e.g. collected → gathered, amassed, accumulated, getten…
Example sentences
- gather You must gather your party before venturing forth.
- assemble They helped her assemble the furniture she bought.
- accumulate Don't let food scraps accumulate in your backpack.
- amass The captain ordered the crew to immediately amass.
- receive It'll be two weeks before you receive the article.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| collect | steady | |
| gather | rising | |
| assemble | steady | |
| accumulate | steady | |
| amass | rising | |
| receive | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- get1
- 4 letters
- find1, call1, meet1, pile1, rake1, cull1
- 5 letters
- group1, raise1, merge1, fetch1, hoard1, infer2, amass2, glean1
- 6 letters
- secure2, assume2, gather2, garner2, embody3, deduce2
- 7 letters
- receive2, acquire3, extract2, compile2
- 8 letters
- assemble3, coalesce3, construe2
- 9 letters
- aggregate3, fundraise
- 10 letters
- accumulate4, congregate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (infer2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- rassembler