Synonyms for collection
Most common
set assemblage accumulation group collecting gathering appeal compilation
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Set
set, assemblage, accumulation, group, aggregation, assortment, store, number, pile, hoard, company, pack, pac US, parcel, body, bunch, batch, heap, lot, mass, assembly, cluster, crowd
2. Collecting
3. Appeal
4. Compilation
Other
selection, corpus, variety, offering, contribution, debt collection, symposium, offertory, confluence, collectanea, conflux, chrestomathy rare
Definitions
- n. 1
A set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented together.
He has a superb coin collection.
- n. 2
A set of pitch classes used by a composer.
- n. 3
The activity of collecting.
Collection of trash will occur every Thursday.
- n. 4
A set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- collections → sets, assemblages, accumulations, groups…
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Collection, crowd, gathering, group, and multitude have the unorganized and promiscuous character of the assemblage; the other terms come under the general idea of assembly.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- accumulation Her only interest is the accumulation of money.
- assortment Tonight, we'll have an assortment for dinner.
- aggregation The aggregation of player statistics was completed in two seconds.
- assemblage The assemblage of musicians created a beautiful symphony.
- selection This store has the best selection of hats in town.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| collection | steady | |
| accumulation | falling | |
| assortment | steady | |
| aggregation | rising | |
| assemblage | steady | |
| selection | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- set1, lot1, pac1
- 4 letters
- body2, mass1, pack1, pile1, heap1
- 5 letters
- group1, store1, crowd1, bunch1, batch1, hoard1
- 6 letters
- number2, appeal2, parcel2, corpus2
- 7 letters
- company3, variety4, cluster2, conflux
- 8 letters
- assembly3, offering3
- 9 letters
- selection3, gathering3, symposium4, anthology4, offertory
- 10 letters
- collecting3, assortment3, assembling4, confluence3, compendium4, assemblage3
- 11 letters
- compilation4, aggregation4, ingathering, collectanea
- 12 letters
- contribution4, accumulation5, solicitation5, chrestomathy
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (body2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- collection
- Català
- col·lecció