gatherer
One who collects
A gatherer is someone who collects things, whether systematically or casually.
The word most often appears in the phrase hunter-gatherer, describing societies that subsist by hunting animals and gathering wild plants rather than farming.
Outside this context, gatherer describes anyone who accumulates: a gatherer of rare books, a gatherer of information.
Seeking wild food sources
- berriesSmall fleshy fruits
- nutsSeeds in shells
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- mushroomsSpore-bearing fruiting bodies
herbs · fruits · seeds · edible · plants · wildlife · scavenging · nomadic
Gathering mature crops
- reaperOne who gathers crops
- gleanerGatherer of leftovers
- pickerOne who gathers
- scytheManual crop-cutting implement
sickle · threshing · winnowing · sheaf · crop · fieldwork · haymaking · orchard
Era before writing
- stone-agePre-metalworking human era
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
shelter · cave · wilderness · fire-making · flintknapping · nomadic · subsistence · primitive
Gathering items over time
- hoarderOne who amasses excessively
- accumulatorDevice storing incremental charge
- amasserOne who accumulates
- packratCompulsive accumulator of objects
curator · archivist · cataloger · philatelist · numismatist · bibliophile · antiquarian · connoisseur
foraging
Seeking wild food sources
mushrooms · herbs · fruits · seeds · edible · plants · wildlife · scavenging · nomadic · subsistence
harvesting
Gathering mature crops
scythe · sickle · threshing · winnowing · sheaf · crop · fieldwork · haymaking · orchard · vineyard
prehistory
Era before writing
- stone-agePre-metalworking human era
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
ancestors · shelter · cave · wilderness · fire-making · flintknapping · nomadic · subsistence · primitive · paleolithic
collecting
Gathering items over time
- hoarderOne who amasses excessively
- accumulatorDevice storing incremental charge
- amasserOne who accumulates
packrat · curator · archivist · cataloger · philatelist · numismatist · bibliophile · antiquarian · connoisseur · enthusiast
- prehistoric roleshunter, cave dweller, tribal chief, shaman, fire keeper
- tribal lifetribe, tribesman, chieftain, tribal chief, tribal elder
- Glassworkersglassblower, glassblowers, gaffer, glass blowers, lampworker
- clan structurechief, elder, patriarch, matriarch, headman
- Eastern TribesLenape, Iroquois, Delaware, Mohawk, Seneca
- gender rolesgender roles, masculinity, femininity, gender stereotypes, traditional roles
gathererproducer
One who makes things
farmer · cultivator · grower · hunter · manufacturer
gathererdistributor
Entity channeling goods downstream
disperser · scatterer · disseminator · spreader · giver
- gathering dustUnused and accumulating particles
- family gatheringRelatives meeting socially
- news gatheringCollecting information for publication
- gather dustFall into disuse
- gather upCollect dispersed items
- gathered dustAccumulated grime from disuse
gather, gathering, gathered, gathers, gatherings, gatherers, regather, regathering, ungathered