Antonyms for muster


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : muhs-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmʌs tər


Definition of muster

Origin :
  • c.1300, "to display, reveal, appear," from Old French mostrer "appear, show, reveal," also in a military sense (10c., Modern French montrer), from Latin monstrare "to show," from monstrum "omen, sign" (see monster). Meaning "to collect, assemble" is early 15c.; figurative use (of qualities, etc.) is from 1580s. To muster out "gather to be discharged from military service" is 1834, American English. To muster up in the figurative and transferred sense of "gather, summon, marshal" is from 1620s. Related: Mustered; mustering.
  • noun gathering
  • verb gather, come together
Example sentences :
  • For this we muster the spirit of America, and the faith of America.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • And yet in the end Pop was able to muster a fairly good imitation of a frown.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He also thought it good policy to display all the assurance he could muster.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • Kirkwood acceded, perforce; and bided his time with what tolerance he could muster.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • He did what he could to muster a smile, and returned, 'Your fancy.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • The muster was for the ceremony of passing the Government Inspector and the Doctor.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • He took it and cast it back to me in abhorrence and contempt, with all the strength he could muster.
  • Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte
  • I shall now, with as much alacrity as I can muster, go on with your commands.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • The next day Mrs. Gordon drove, in what state she could muster, to Corbyknowe.
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • I thinks to myself at the time "it's all up with Muster Gashford!"
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for muster

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