Find the word that fits

Foregather: alternatives and connections

Begin with the reviewed alternatives, then explore broader connections without treating every related word as an automatic substitute.

Try an example: important law show help change happy
26,102 words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593 searchable synonym connections
350,924 published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning

Foregather

Same as Forgather.

28 useful connections shown 28 reviewed relationships and 0 broader connections.
Best place to begin

Reviewed alternatives and contrasts

These links were deliberately created. Use the interchangeability score and guidance to judge whether a word will work in your sentence.

Verb group 6

Encounter 84% connected

To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile in…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Encounter 84% connected

To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile in…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Meet 84% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Meet 84% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

See 84% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

See 84% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Manner of action 15

Aggroup 76% connected

To bring together in a group; to group.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Caucus 76% connected

A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a n…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Club 76% connected

A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Clump 76% connected

An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Cluster 76% connected

A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Congregate 76% connected

Collected; compact; close.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Constellate 76% connected

To join luster; to shine with united radiance, or one general light.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Convene 76% connected

To come together; to meet; to unite.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Converge 76% connected

To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Crowd 76% connected

To push, to press, to shove.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Flock 76% connected

A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and othe…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Fort 76% connected

A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisa…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Group 76% connected

A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Hive 76% connected

A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Meet 76% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Broader term 1

Interact 76% connected

A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Derivationally related 2

Congress 74% connected

A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Congress 74% connected

A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 4

Assemble 92% connected

To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Forgather 92% connected

To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Gather 92% connected

To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Meet 92% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.