garnering
Accumulating over time
Garnering is the act of gathering or collecting, especially gradually: The film has been garnering critical praise.
The word implies accumulation over time—garnering support, garnering attention, garnering votes.
It comes from a word for granary, evoking the patient work of harvesting grain.
Collection of people meeting
- accumulatingGathering in increasing quantity
- amassingCollecting in quantity
- acquiringGaining possession of
- obtainingGetting possession of
securing · earning · winning · reaping · harvesting · compiling · assembling · attracting
gathering
Collection of people meeting
- accumulatingGathering in increasing quantity
- amassingCollecting in quantity
- acquiringGaining possession of
obtaining · securing · earning · winning · reaping · harvesting · compiling · assembling · attracting · drawing
garneringdispersing
Spreading widely apart
scattering · distributing · disseminating · spreading · dissipating
garneringlosing
Failing to win
forfeiting · squandering · spending · wasting · relinquishing
garner, garnishing, garnered, garners, garnishment, garnisheed