Synonyms for accrue
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To increase, to rise
Related words
- Word family
- accrual accruement accruer accretion accrete
Forms
- Past participle
- accrued
e.g. accrued → accumulated, increased, arisen, grown…
Example sentences
- increase It cannot be denied that crime is on the increase.
- grow "I will grow many trees here", he said to himself.
- arise Should anything arise, she will be prepared for it.
- accumulate Don't let food scraps accumulate in your backpack.
- inure He could not inure himself to the manners of the East.
- accrete The tides cause sand to accrete on the shore.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| accrue | falling | |
| increase | falling | |
| grow | rising | |
| arise | steady | |
| accumulate | steady | |
| inure | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fall1, grow1, rise1
- 5 letters
- arise2, inure2
- 6 letters
- gather2
- 7 letters
- accrete
- 8 letters
- increase2
- 10 letters
- accumulate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (arise2 = 2 syllables).