Synonyms for amass
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Accumulate
accumulate, gather, pile, assemble, aggregate, scrape together, stack, group, congregate, agglomerate, conglomerate, cumulate, mound
Other
squirrel away informal, upheap, amound rare
Definitions
- v. 1
To collect into a mass or heap.
- v. 2
to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.
to amass words or phrases
- v. 3
To accumulate; to assemble.
Forms
- Past participle
- amassed
e.g. amassed → accumulated, gathered, piled, assembled…
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To amass is to bring together materials that make a mass, a great bulk or quantity.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- gather You must gather your party before venturing forth.
- pile What is this pile of fur doing in the living room?
- assemble They helped her assemble the furniture she bought.
- accumulate Don't let food scraps accumulate in your backpack.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| amass | rising | |
| gather | rising | |
| pile | rising | |
| assemble | steady | |
| accumulate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- pile1
- 5 letters
- group1, stack1, mound1, hoard1
- 6 letters
- gather2, upheap, amound
- 7 letters
- collect2, compile2
- 8 letters
- assemble3, cumulate
- 9 letters
- aggregate3
- 10 letters
- accumulate4, congregate3
- 11 letters
- agglomerate4
- 12 letters
- conglomerate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gather2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- amasser
- Deutsch
- zusammentragen
- Català
- amassar