Antonyms for collect
ˈkɒl ɛktcol·lect

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1. collect

   To amass is to bring together materials that make a mass, a great bulk or quantity. With some occasional exceptions, accumulate is applied to the more gradual, amass to the more rapid gathering of money or materials, amass referring to the general result or bulk, accumulate to the particular process or rate of gain. We say interest is accumulated (or accumulates) rather than is amassed; he accumulated a fortune in the course of years; he rapidly amassed a fortune by shrewd speculations. Goods or money for immediate distribution are said to be collected rather than amassed. They may be stored up for a longer or shorter time; but to hoard is always with a view of permanent retention, generally selfish. Aggregate is now most commonly used of numbers and amounts; as, the expenses will aggregate a round million.

   Antonyms:
   disperse, dissipate, divide, parcel, portion, scatter, spend, squander, waste

   Synonyms:
   accumulate, aggregate, amass, gather, heap up, hoard, hoard up, pile up, store up

   Preposition:
   Amass for oneself; for a purpose; from a distance; with great labor; by industry.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. collect

   Antonyms:
   classify, arrange, distribute, dispose, dispense, divide, sort, deal

   Synonyms:
   collate, gather, glean, sum, infer, learn, congregate, assemble, convoke, convene, muster, amass, garner, accumulate

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1. collectadjective

   a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England

   Antonyms:
   undue

2. collect, codverb

   payable by the recipient on delivery

   "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel"

   Antonyms:
   undue

   Synonyms:
   cod

3. roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoardverb

   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"

   Antonyms:
   undue

   Synonyms:
   heap up, call for, furl, lay away, hoard, stash, cache, amass, gather up, bundle up, wrap up, hive up, squirrel away, compose, roll up, take in, pull in, gather, roll, pick up, conglomerate, pile up, bundle, stack up, pull together, accumulate, compile, cumulate, garner

4. collect, take inverb

   call for and obtain payment of

   "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"

   Antonyms:
   undue

   Synonyms:
   earn, pile up, take in, put one over, gather in, suck up, pull in, invite, befool, gather, slang, imbibe, amass, gain, put on, view, roll up, put one across, take, have, suck, adopt, make, garner, see, receive, accumulate, gather up, ingest, realise, compile, soak up, sop up, watch, hoard, pull together, clear, gull, take up, call for, cod, pick up, fool, draw, bring in, overhear, catch, assimilate, absorb, dupe, realize, consume, suck in

5. gather, garner, collect, pull togetherverb

   assemble or get together

   "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

   Antonyms:
   undue

   Synonyms:
   hoard, assemble, call for, garner, gain, amass, pucker, gather up, meet, conglomerate, accumulate, roll up, take in, pull in, gather, pick up, foregather, pile up, tuck, pull together, get together, compile, cumulate, earn, forgather

6. collect, pull inverb

   get or bring together

   "accumulate evidence"

   Antonyms:
   undue

   Synonyms:
   call for, garner, realize, realise, hoard, amass, gather up, clear, draw, roll up, take in, pull in, gather, pull, gain, pile up, move in, pick up, get in, pull together, accumulate, compile, bring in, attract, make, earn, draw in

7. collect, pick up, gather up, call foradverb

   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"

   Antonyms:
   undue

   Synonyms:
   gain vigor, cop, pile up, take in, peck, call for, pull in, take, invite, gather, nail, need, amass, lift up, perk up, necessitate, arrest, roll up, get word, quest, nab, percolate, demand, garner, see, receive, accumulate, gather up, postulate, request, compile, require, hoard, pull together, collar, turn around, apprehend, get a line, ask, uplift, involve, find out, intoxicate, pick up, bespeak, elate, catch, learn, get wind, perk, discover, hear

8. collectadverb

   make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays

   "call collect"; "send a package collect"

   Antonyms:
   undue

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1. collectverb

   Synonyms:
   assemble, accumulate

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. strew

   if the word strews means to sprinkle /scatter then the antonym must be the opposite of scatter / random the first antonym could be: precise for it is the opposite of random. the 2nd antonym could be: gather for it is the opposite of scatter

   e.g. the girl's clothes were strewn hastily on her bed. the word strewn indicates that the girl's clothes are scattered all over her bed.

   Submitted by anonymous on July 20, 2020  

How to use collect in a sentence?

1. Mark Silverstein:

   We hope today's settlement sends a loud and clear message to municipal courts throughout the state to stop using jail or the threat of jail to collect debts from persons who are too poor to pay.

2. National Student Legal Defense Network:

   The Department of Education continues to spend time and money opposing struggling student borrowers while doing nothing to collect more than $ 1 billion owed to the government by colleges and for-profit companies.

3. F. Scott Fitzgerald:

   To write it, it took three months; to conceive it - three minutes; to collect the data in it - all my life.

4. President Donald Trump:

   Mail ballots, they cheat. People cheat, mail ballots are very dangerous thing for this country because they're cheaters. They go and collect them. They're fraudulent in many cases.

5. Andrew Rosenberg:

   I read it a few times again this morning and had to take a few pauses -- to bang my head on the table, as scientists, we make decisions based on evidence. What this budget does is ignore evidence and undermine our very ability to collect it across the board.

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