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Antonyms for gathering
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : gath-er-ing |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæð ər ɪŋ |
Definition of gathering
Origin :- "a meeting," mid-12c., from late Old English gaderung, verbal noun from gather.
- noun assemblage, accumulation
- At the evening gathering Lord Shaftesbury occupied the chair.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- There he stood for a moment, and Andrew knew that he was gathering his nerve.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- I left the village in the gathering gloom and was soon out on the heather.
- Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
- So, on this Monday evening, there were but seventeen at the gathering.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Bill was scrubbing the porch, and a farmhand was gathering bottles from the grass into a box.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- And one evening when I came in from gathering acorns, I discovered that I had had a visitor.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- He raised the covering hand, and peered at the coin in the gathering gloom.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- The girl sat for a long time a gray shadow in the gathering darkness.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- But if few in number, the gathering was decidedly formidable in appearance.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- He set about gathering the water bottles and gourds that had not been emptied.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
Synonyms for gathering
- acquisition
- affair
- aggregate
- aggregation
- association
- band
- body
- bunch
- caucus
- clambake
- collection
- company
- concentration
- conclave
- concourse
- conference
- congregation
- congress
- convention
- convocation
- crowd
- crush
- drove
- flock
- function
- gain
- get-together
- group
- heap
- herd
- horde
- huddle
- junction
- knot
- levy
- mass
- meet
- meeting
- muster
- parley
- party
- pile
- powwow
- rally
- roundup
- social function
- society
- stock
- stockpile
- swarm
- throng
- turnout
- union
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