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

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Michael Gural-Maiello:

   I do n’t think governments really have a place in telling parents how their children should be spending their time, china has a rotten record in technology in general. I ’d be far more worried about my son using apps that originate in China that collect data than I am about him playing Mario Kart.

2. Donald Trump:

   There was a potential opportunity for us to collect intel where we had gaps on prior balloons, and so I would defer to the intel community. But this gave us the opportunity to assess what they were actually doing, what kind of capabilities existed on the balloon, what kind of transmission capabilities existed, and I think you’ll see in the future that that timeframe was well worth its value to collect over.

3. Christopher Willingham:

   Through all of her treatment, and despite the pain she was in, her temperament never changed. - Cpl. Juan Rodriguez There were no human casualties during Lucca’s bomb-sniffing patrols. Her career ended in March 2012 when she lost her leg and suffered chest burns from a bombing in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. Cpl. Juan Rodriguez, who was her handler at the time, stayed by her side throughout each step of Lucca’s recovery. The explosion was huge and I immediately feared the worst for Lucca, i ran to her and saw her struggling to get up. I picked her up and ran to the shelter of a nearby tree line, applied a tourniquet to her injured leg and called the medics to collect us.

4. Shoshana Bernstein:

   I can't stress this enough: They were wonderful people and kind and caring. They were public servants. They were not just there to collect a paycheck.

5. Charles Krauthammer:

   We could have a case where you could have a Republican president who believes in abolishing the capital gains tax, congress says no, and he then prioritizes IRS collections and says don't collect the capital gains tax, doing exactly what Obama is doing.

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