ACCUMULATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ACCUMULATE?

Need another word that means the same as “accumulate”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “accumulate” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Accumulate” are: amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, assemble, get, obtain, acquire, gather together, draw together, join together

Accumulate as a Verb

Definitions of "Accumulate" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “accumulate” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Gradually gather or acquire (a resulting whole.
• Get or gather together.
• Collect or gather.
• Gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of.
• Gather; build up.

Synonyms of "Accumulate" as a verb (16 Words)

acquire	Gain through experience. He acquired a reputation for scrupulous honesty.
amass	Gather together or accumulate (a large amount or number of material or things) over a period of time. The soldiers were amassing from all parts of Spain.
assemble	Cause (people or things) to gather together for a common purpose. A crowd had assembled outside the gates.
collect	Gather or collect. We collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts.
compile	Put together out of existing material. The local authority must compile a list of the names and addresses of taxpayers.
conglomerate	Form a conglomerate by merging diverse firms. Atoms which conglomerate at the centre.
cumulate	Gather together and combine. All unpaid dividend payments cumulate and are paid when earnings are sufficient.
draw together	Represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface.
gather	Collect or gather. The destroyer gathered speed.
gather together	Assemble or get together.
get	Take vengeance on or get even. She didn t get to Chicago until after midnight.
hoard	Save up as for future use. He hoarded the memory in his heart.
join together	Come into the company of.
obtain	Receive a specified treatment (abstract. The price of silver fell to that obtaining elsewhere in the ancient world.
pile up	Arrange in stacks.
roll up	Flatten or spread with a roller.

Usage Examples of "Accumulate" as a verb

• Investigators have yet to accumulate enough evidence.
• The toxin accumulated in their bodies.
• Her goal was to accumulate a huge fortune.

Associations of "Accumulate" (30 Words)

accrete	Grow or become attached by accretion. The gas will cool and then accrete to the galaxy s core.
accumulation	An increase by natural growth or addition. The accumulation of wealth.
agglomerate	Volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together. An agglomerated flower head.
agglomeration	The act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating. The arts centre is an agglomeration of theatres galleries shops restaurants and bars.
amass	Collect or gather. He amassed a fortune estimated at close to a million pounds.
assemble	Create by putting components or members together. A crowd had assembled outside the gates.
batch	Batch together assemble or process as a batch. A batch of letters.
bunch	Form into a bunch. She bunched her fingers into a fist.
bundle	Make into a bundle. She quickly bundled up her clothes.
caisson	A large watertight chamber, open at the bottom, from which the water is kept out by air pressure and in which construction work may be carried out under water.
cluster	Form a cluster or clusters. The children clustered round her skirts.
collect	Gather or collect. I called my mother collect.
collection	A sum of money raised during a church or charity collection. The collection of data.
compost	Make vegetable matter or manure into compost. Cover with a layer of fine compost.
cumulate	An igneous rock formed by gravitational settling of particles in a magma. They appear to have formed from cumulates in the root of a magma chamber.
deposition	The removal of the body of Christ from the Cross. A commissioner to take depositions from witnesses.
gather	Collect or gather. She gathered the child in her arms.
gathered	Brought together in one place. The gathered folds of the skirt.
heap	Put objects or a loose substance in a heap. Clouds heaped higher in the west.
hoard	Get or gather together. A hoard of Romano British bronzes.
jam	A hold obtained by jamming a part of the body such as a hand or foot into a crack in the rock. An ultra catchy jam driven by the drums but given substance by the interjection of horns.
nucleate	Form into a nucleus. Pyrite may nucleate on plant stems and seeds.
overload	Become overloaded. The staff are heavily overloaded with casework.
pack	Have the property of being packable or of compacting easily. The reports were a pack of lies.
pile	Place or lay as if in a pile. His in tray was piled high with papers.
pileup	Multiple collisions of vehicles.
sheaf	A bundle of grain stalks laid lengthways and tied together after reaping. The corn and barley had to be sheafed and stooked.
stack	Fill or cover a place or surface with stacks of things. The new premises provided a reading room and a stack room.
ton	A unit of weight or volume of sea cargo equal to a metric ton 1 000 kg or 40 cu ft. All of a sudden I had tons of friends.