Synonyms for collected
- adjective
Most common
composed calm cool together self-possessed self-contained bunched
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Composed — cool‐headed, emotionally stable, in focus
composed, calm, cool, together, sober, unruffled, still, sedate, imperturbable, serene, placid, level-headed, tranquil, quiet, peaceful, unflappable, unmoved, staid, equable, unexcited, equanimous rare
2. Self-possessed
3. Bunched — gathered together
bunched, glomerate rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Gathered together.
the collected works of Charles Dickens
- adj. 2
Cool‐headed, emotionally stable, in focus.
He stayed collected throughout the ordeal.
Related words
- Word family
- collectedly collectedness
Choose the right word
Goods or money for immediate distribution are said to be collected rather than amassed.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- composed The committee is composed of teachers and parents.
- equable It's lucky that his parents are so equable.
- gathered The mob gathered round the car like so many flies.
- aggregate Simply put, a human being is an aggregate of many cells.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| collected | falling | |
| composed | falling | |
| equable | falling | |
| unexcited | falling | |
| gathered | rising | |
| aggregate | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- cool1, calm1
- 5 letters
- still1, quiet2, sober2, staid1
- 6 letters
- poised1, serene2, placid2, sedate2
- 7 letters
- unmoved2, bunched1, equable3
- 8 letters
- together3, composed2, peaceful2, gathered2, tranquil2
- 9 letters
- aggregate3, unruffled3, unexcited, glomerate
- 10 letters
- equanimous
- 11 letters
- unflappable4
- 13 letters
- imperturbable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (quiet2 = 2 syllables).