All collection synonyms
colΒ·lecΒ·tion
C c noun collection
- selection β an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- compilation β A compilation is a book, CD, or programme that contains many different items that have been gathered together, usually ones which have already appeared in other places.
- number β one of a series of things distinguished by or marked with numerals.
- set β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- assemblage β An assemblage of people or things is a collection of them.
- lot β lot (def 14).
- assortment β An assortment is a group of similar things that are of different sizes or colours or have different qualities.
- store β an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- gathering β a drawing together; contraction.
- crowd β A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something.
- cluster β A cluster of people or things is a small group of them close together.
- digest β to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
- combination β A combination of things is a mixture of them.
- anthology β An anthology is a collection of writings by different writers published together in one book.
- pile β the lower of two dies for coining by hand.
- hoard β a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- stock β a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- levy β an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- assembly β An assembly is a large group of people who meet regularly to make decisions or laws for a particular region or country.
- agglomeration β An agglomeration of things is a lot of different things gathered together, often in no particular order or arrangement.
- mess β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- company β A company is a business organization that makes money by selling goods or services.
- convocation β A convocation is a meeting or ceremony attended by a large number of people.
- kit β Christopher ("Kit") 1809β68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- congregation β The people who are attending a church service or who regularly attend a church service are referred to as the congregation.
- heap β a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
- collation β the act or process of collating
- stack β a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- congeries β a collection of objects or ideas; mass; heap
- muster β to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
- batch β A batch of things or people is a group of things or people of the same kind, especially a group that is dealt with at the same time or is sent to a particular place at the same time.
- medley β a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble.
- omnibus β bus1 (def 1).
- stockpile β a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
- mass β the celebration of the Eucharist. Compare High Mass, Low Mass.
- miscellany β a miscellaneous collection or group of various or somewhat unrelated items.
- cumulation β the act of cumulating; accumulation.
- clump β A clump of things such as trees or plants is a small group of them growing together.
- acquisition β If a company or business person makes an acquisition, they buy another company or part of a company.
- quantity β a particular or indefinite amount of anything: a small quantity of milk; the ocean's vast quantity of fish.
- assembling β to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
- caboodle β a lot, bunch, or group (esp in the phrases the whole caboodle, the whole kit and caboodle)
- mobilization β to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- acquiring β to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
- group β any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- pool β Also called pocket billiards. any of various games played on a pool table with a cue ball and 15 other balls that are usually numbered, in which the object is to drive all the balls into the pockets with the cue ball.
- throng β a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
- accumulation β An accumulation of something is a large number of things which have been collected together or acquired over a period of time.
- mobilisation β The act of mobilising.
- compendium β A compendium is a short but detailed collection of information, usually in a book.