FORGATHER Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

forgather

verb

fȯr-ˈga-t͟hər

variants or foregather

Definition of forgather

as in to gather

to come together into one body or place asked the townsfolk to forgather at the war monument for the Memorial Day ceremony

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Luann gathers everyone and literally gives Vicki her flowers and thanks her for putting Housewives on the map.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
More than 1,000 people were gathered at the site, and more than 50 shots were fired in at least two locations about a block apart in Vienna, Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy told WMAZ-TV.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of gather

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Built in the mid-1980s at the height of Cold War tensions, it was upgraded to meet current standards.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Nikhil Basu Trivedi, cofounder of the venture firm Footwork and GPTZero’s sole outside board member before the Superhuman deal, first met Tian through the Princeton network.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of meet

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Dietitians, dermatology-adjacent brands and primary care clinicians are converging on the same message.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Music, sports and sneaker culture converged in the street style, showcasing many of the influences that have shaped ComplexCon since its launch.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of converge

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Those events prevented Link from rendezvousing with Swift and completing the reboost, and Katalyst had to forego its final incentive payment from NASA.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
These Starship tankers would carry propellant to lunar orbit, where each would rendezvous with, dock to and transfer propellant to a storage depot.

— Sven Bilén, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of rendezvous

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The new leadership team that Skydance is assembling under the direction of Ellison and Ynon Kreiz, just recruited from Mattel to serve as co-CEO, has to navigate that dynamic.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Mallica Kumbera Landrus, the Ashmolean’s curator of Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian art, expressed excitement over the chance to assemble a trove of Bangladeshi art.

— News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026

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