Collect (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Pull Together
• Garner
• Gather

Hyponyms

• Pile Up
• Oyster
• Round Up
• Come Up
• Pearl
• Snail
• Pluck
• Nest
• Shock
• Heap Up
• Scavenge
• Mobilize
• Nut
• Rally
• Reap
• Pick
• Salvage
• Club
• Sponge
• Mobilise
• Harvest
• Rake
• Birdnest
• Muster
• Clam
• Summon
• Hive
• Muster Up
• Bird-nest

Related Words

• Collection (noun)
• Collecting (noun)

Meaning ²

Get or bring together; "accumulate evidence".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Pull In

Hypernyms

• Collect
• Pile Up
• Hoard
• Amass
• Accumulate
• Compile

Hyponyms

• Rally
• File Away
• Drum Up

Related Words

• Collection (noun)
• Collecting (noun)

Meaning ³

Call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Synonyms

• Take In

Related Words

• Collector (noun)
• Collectible (adjective)

Meaning ⁴

Gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Synonyms

• Gather Up
• Pick Up
• Call For

Hypernyms

• Acquire

Meaning ⁵

Get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Synonyms

• Pile Up
• Hoard
• Amass
• Accumulate
• Roll Up
• Compile

Hypernyms

• Salt Away
• Stash Away
• Stack Away
• Store
• Lay In
• Put In

Hyponyms

• Collect
• Scratch
• Fund
• Corral
• Lump
• Run Up
• Come Up
• Catch
• Bale
• Scrape

Related Words

• Collection (noun)
• Collecting (noun)