garner

Plural: garners

Noun

a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
A granary; a store of grain.
An accumulation, supply, store, or hoard of something.

Verb

Verb Forms: garnered, garnering, garners

To gather or collect something, especially information or approval.
acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
store grain
assemble or get together
To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary.
To gather, amass, hoard, as if harvesting grain.
To earn; to get; to accumulate or acquire by some effort or due to some fact
To gather or become gathered; to accumulate or become accumulated; to become stored.

Examples

He garnered a reputation as a language expert.
Her new book garnered high praise from the critics.
His poor choices garnered him a steady stream of welfare checks.
Savvy Words With Friends players GARNER high scores by using bonus squares wisely.
to garner support

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English gerner, from Old French gernier, guernier, variant of grenier, from Latin grānārium (“granary”). Doublet of granary.

Synonyms

collect, earn, gather, granary, pull together, gain, reap

Antonyms

spread

Scrabble Score: 7

garner: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
garner: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
garner: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

garner: valid Words With Friends Word