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forgather

[fawr-gath-er] / fɔrˈgæð ər /

VERB

concentrate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accumulate cluster combine consolidate eliminate focus integrate intensify reduce strengthen

STRONG

agglomerate aggregate amass assemble bunch center centralize coalesce collect compact compress congest conglomerate congregate constrict contract converge cramp crowd embody focalize garner heap hoard huddle localize mass muster narrow pile store swarm unify

WEAK

draw together get to the meat heap up salt away zero in

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disperse divide part separate weaken

STRONG

dissipate enlarge expand extend give increase let go loosen release retreat scatter spend spread squander stretch throw away uncondense waste

VERB

congregate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bunch up converge flock gather swarm throng

STRONG

besiege collect concentrate convene convoke corral mass meet muster pack raise rally rendezvous teem

WEAK

congress gang around gang up hang out make the scene meet up round up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disperse divide scatter separate spread

STRONG

cancel distribute

VERB

gather

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assemble choose cluster collect congregate convene converge crowd draw flock huddle meet pick round up show up

STRONG

accumulate aggregate amass associate capture concentrate corral cull garner group heap herd hoard marshal mass muster pluck poke punch rally reunite stockpile swarm throng unite

WEAK

bunch up close with draw in gang up get-together hang around hang out make the scene pile up pour in scare up scrape together stack up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cancel disperse dissemble divide leave miss reject scatter separate spread

STRONG

dissipate lose spend squander throw away waste

WEAK

allot deal distribute grow misunderstand plant

VERB

raise

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boost collect enhance get heighten jump obtain promote reinforce strengthen

STRONG

advance aggravate amplify assemble congregate congress dignify enlarge escalate exaggerate exalt form gather goose hike honor inflate intensify levy magnify mass mobilize mushroom muster pyramid rally recruit rendezvous snowball up

WEAK

build up fetch up goose up hike up jack up jump up look up perk up pick up put up run up send through the roof shoot up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decrease discourage undermine weaken

STRONG

abridge compress condense contract curtail denounce diminish disgrace divide humiliate lessen lower play down reduce shrink

WEAK

repress suppress

VERB

rendezvous

Synonyms

STRONG

assemble collect congregate converge gather muster raise rally

WEAK

be closeted be reunited come together get-together join up meet behind closed doors meet privately

Antonyms

STRONG

disperse distribute divide scatter separate spread

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Wherever workers forgather, you may hear someone relate how he told the boss where to get off.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hundreds of them were flown in from Moscow to forgather in East Berlin's grim, hulking Ministry of the Interior, the headquarters of the nation's vast security-police network.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oh, it's perfectly clear That there's change when the critics forgather.

From Time Magazine Archive

Scores of birds forgather there—rosy starlings, mynas, babblers, bulbuls, king-crows, tree-pies, green parrots, sunbirds and crows.

From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas

It is not hatred of your neighbour to be prepared to take and give hard blows from and to him, and to forgather in faith and friendship before and after.

From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George

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