Synonyms for accumulate
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Amass — to heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often…
amass, hoard, pile, heap, heap up, garner, store, agglomerate, stack, garner up, lay in, treasure, compile, mass, stock, squirrel away informal, cumulate, conglomerate, mound
2. Gather — to gradually grow or increase in quantity or number
gather, collect, accrue, aggregate, grow, increase, bring together, scrape together, assemble, amound rare
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Definitions
- v. 1
To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent.
He wishes to accumulate a sum of money.
- v. 2
To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.
With her company going bankrupt, her divorce, and a gambling habit, debts started to accumulate so she had to sell her house.
Related words
- Word family
- accumulative
- Is a kind of
- assemble increase receive
Forms
- Past participle
- accumulated
e.g. accumulated → amassed, hoarded, piled, heaped…
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With some occasional exceptions, accumulate is applied to the more gradual, amass to the more rapid gathering of money or materials, amass referring to the general result or bulk, accumulate to the particular process or rate of gain.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- pile What is this pile of fur doing in the living room?
- heap The workers heap up the soil to create a barrier.
- hoard Why does he hoard so much useless stuff in his flat?
- amass The captain ordered the crew to immediately amass.
- collect How long did it take you to collect so many coins?
- gather You must gather your party before venturing forth.
By length
- 4 letters
- mass1, grow1, pile1, heap1
- 5 letters
- store1, stock1, stack1, mound1, hoard1, amass2
- 6 letters
- gather2, garner2, accrue2, amound
- 7 letters
- collect2, compile2
- 8 letters
- increase2, treasure2, assemble3, cumulate
- 9 letters
- aggregate3
- 11 letters
- agglomerate4
- 12 letters
- conglomerate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amass2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- accumuler
- Italiano
- accumulare
- Español
- acumular
- Deutsch
- akkumulieren
- Català
- acumular