Synonyms for gather

verb

1. To come together

   assemble, meet, gather around, congregate, rally, crowd, throng, convene, collect, muster, unite, get together, flock together, hang around, flock in, pour in, associate, hold a reunion, reunite, forgather, resort, swarm, huddle, go into a huddle, rally around, group, converge, accumulate, cluster, concentrate, close, gang up*.

   Antonyms scatter*, disperse, part.

2. To bring together

   collect, assemble, rally, accumulate, aggregate, amass, muster, marshal, mobilize, round up, draw in, pick up, rake up, fish up, swoop up, scoop up, pile up; see also accumulate 1, assemble 2.

3. To conclude

   infer, deduce, find; see assume 1.

4. To harvest

   garner, reap, glean, take in; see harvest.

5. To choose

   pick, cull, select; see choose 1.

gather is the general term for a bringing or coming together to gather scattered objects, people gathered at the corners; collect usually implies careful choice in gathering from various sources, a bringing into an orderly arrangement, etc. he collects coins; assemble applies especially to the gathering together of persons for some special purpose assemble the students in the auditorium; muster applies to a formal assembling, especially of troops for inspection, roll call, etc. See also syn. study at infer.