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Gatherer

One who gathers or collects.

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Broader term 3

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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

Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 2

Conductor 76% connected

One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gleaner 76% connected

One who gathers after reapers.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Collect 74% connected

To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Collect 74% connected

To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Gather 74% 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 15% interchangeable

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Gather 74% 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 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Accumulator 92% connected

One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses.

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.

Collector 92% connected

One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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