COLLECTOR: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for COLLECTOR?

Need another word that means the same as “collector”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “collector” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Collector” are: aggregator, accumulator, gatherer, pinchpenny, niggard, scrooge, messenger, courier, errand boy, messenger boy, scavenger, scrounger, forager

Collector as a Noun

Definitions of "Collector" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “collector” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth.
• The electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes.
• (in some South Asian countries) the chief administrative official of a district.
• The region in a bipolar transistor that absorbs charge carriers.
• A person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes.
• An official who is responsible for collecting money.
• A person who collects things of a specified type, professionally or as a hobby.
• An official who collects tickets from bus or train passengers.
• A person who collects things.

Synonyms of "Collector" as a noun (13 Words)

accumulator	A register used to contain the results of an arithmetical or logical operation. Rugs are the greatest accumulators of dust and dirt in every house.
aggregator	A website or program that collects related items of content and displays them or links to them.
courier	A person who carries a message. He worked as a courier on a package holiday to Majorca.
errand boy	A short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission.
forager	A person or animal that searches widely for food or provisions. He is an expert forager who finds and eats healthy local ingredients growing in the wild.
gatherer	A person who gathers. Intelligence gatherers.
messenger	A person who carries a message or is employed to carry messages. Nitric oxide is an intercellular messenger.
messenger boy	A person who carries a message.
niggard	A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend.
pinchpenny	A miserly person. A pinchpenny watchdog of public spending.
scavenger	A person who searches for and collects discarded items. A reputation as a scavenger of discarded odds and ends.
scrooge	A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend.
scrounger	A person who borrows from or lives off others. Welfare scroungers.

Usage Examples of "Collector" as a noun

• The ticket collector closed the gates.
• A tax collector.
• An art collector.

Associations of "Collector" (30 Words)

antiquary	An expert or collector of antiquities.
bibliophile	Someone who loves (and usually collects) books.
coin	Money in the form of coins. Gold and silver coins.
collect	Gather or collect. A rider should want to be able to collect a horse when hacking.
collectable	An item valued and sought by collectors. A hire car collectable on your arrival.
collecting	The act of gathering something together.
data	The quantities, characters, or symbols on which operations are performed by a computer, which may be stored and transmitted in the form of electrical signals and recorded on magnetic, optical, or mechanical recording media. Statistical data.
edition	A particular instance of a regular radio or television programme. He read it in yesterday s edition of the Times.
enthusiast	An ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity. A sports car enthusiast.
envelope	A flat paper container with a sealable flap, used to enclose a letter or document. Test pilots try to push the envelope.
fan	A thing resembling an open fan. He fanned himself with his hat.
fancier	A connoisseur or enthusiast of something, especially someone who has a special interest in or breeds a particular animal. A pigeon fancier.
gather	A part of a garment that is gathered. She gathered her shawl around her shoulders.
gatherer	A person who collects or gathers things from numerous places. Nut gatherers harvest so many nuts that few if any seedlings are taking root.
grape	A berry typically green purple or black growing in clusters on a grapevine eaten as fruit and used in making wine. An exploration of the grape.
hobby	An auxiliary activity. Her hobbies are reading and gardening.
letter	Inscribe letters or writing on. Her name was lettered in gold.
numismatist	A collector and student of money (and coins in particular.
passion	An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action. Their all consuming passion for each other.
pastime	A diversion that occupies one’s time and thoughts (usually pleasantly. His favourite pastimes were shooting and golf.
philatelist	A collector and student of postage stamps.
philately	The collection and study of postage stamps.
post	A goalpost. She posted a photo of herself with the singer on Twitter.
pursuit	The action of the eye in following a moving object. The culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit.
selection	A plot of land acquired by selection. Your selection may not contain two different data types.
stamp	Fix a postage stamp or stamps on to a letter. He must be able to stamp his authority on the team.
tatty	Tastelessly showy. An old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains.
vintage	A season’s yield of wine from a vineyard. Vintage claret.
zealot	A member of an ancient Jewish sect that aimed at a world Jewish theocracy and resisted the Romans until AD 70.
zealotry	Excessive intolerance of opposing views. He expressed concern about religious zealotry playing an increasing role in politics.