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

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Accumulation as a Noun
Definitions of "Accumulation" as a noun
Synonyms of "Accumulation" as a noun (29 Words)
Usage Examples of "Accumulation" as a noun
Associations of "Accumulation" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Accumulation” are: aggregation, assemblage, collection, accrual, accruement, accretion, building up, gathering, assembling, assembly, stockpiling, hoarding, cumulation, mass, pile, heap, stack, stock, store, stockpile, reserve, hoard, bank, pool, fund, mine, reservoir, agglomerate, agglomeration

Accumulation as a Noun

Definitions of "Accumulation" as a noun

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

An increase by natural growth or addition.
Profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation.
The act of accumulating.
(finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation.
The acquisition or gradual gathering of something.
A mass or quantity of something that has gradually gathered or been acquired.
Several things grouped together or considered as a whole.

Synonyms of "Accumulation" as a noun (29 Words)

accretion	(biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles. He scraped away the accretions of paint.
accrual	A charge for work that has been done but not yet invoiced, for which provision is made at the end of a financial period. The numbers show a need to limit time off accruals.
accruement	The act of accumulating.
agglomerate	Volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together. A multimedia agglomerate.
agglomeration	A jumbled collection or mass. The arts centre is an agglomeration* of theatres galleries shops restaurants and bars.*
aggregation	(on the internet) the collection of related items of content so that they can be displayed or linked to. A single dose of aspirin irreversibly inhibits the normal aggregation* of platelets.*
assemblage	A machine or object made of pieces fitted together. The assemblage* of electronic image and text databases.*
assembling	The act of gathering something together.
assembly	A group of people elected to make laws or decisions for a particular country or region. He was told off for talking in assembly.
bank	An elevation in the seabed or a riverbed a mudbank or sandbank. They pulled the canoe up on the bank.
building up	The commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones.
collection	A sum of money raised during a church or charity collection. She left the envelope in the office for collection.
cumulation	A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
fund	A supply of something available for future use. A vast fund* of information.*
gathering	The act of gathering something. A family gathering.
heap	An untidy or dilapidated place or vehicle. A heap* of gravel.*
hoard	A secret store of valuables or money. A hoard* of Romano British bronzes.*
hoarding	A secret store of valuables or money.
mass	The common people generally. Multiply the mass* of the payload by the distance travelled.*
mine	Excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted.
pile	A nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy. He s making piles of money.
pool	Something resembling a pool of liquid. A car pool.
reserve	A member of the military reserve. The bank built up a cash reserve* of 2bn to meet any run on the bank once the loss was revealed.*
reservoir	A population, tissue, etc. which is chronically infested with the causative agent of a disease and can act as a source of further infection. There is a vast reservoir* of herpes infection in the community.*
stack	A large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated. The new premises provided a reading room and a stack* room.*
stock	Farm animals such as cattle pigs and sheep bred and kept for their meat or milk livestock. His stock* was so high he could have been elected mayor.*
stockpile	A large accumulated stock of goods or materials, especially one held in reserve for use at a time of shortage or other emergency. A stockpile* of nuclear weapons.*
stockpiling	Accumulating and storing a reserve supply. The stockpiling* of war materials.*
store	A place where things are kept for future use or sale. Cupboards for medical stores.

Usage Examples of "Accumulation" as a noun

The accumulation of wealth.
The accumulation of paperwork on her desk.

Associations of "Accumulation" (30 Words)

accrete	(with reference to matter or a body) come or bring together under the influence of gravitation. Ice that had accreted grotesquely into stalactites.
accretion	An increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment. During the later stages of accretion* the outer 100 km or so of the Moon melted.*
accumulate	Get or gather together. Investigators have yet to accumulate* enough evidence.*
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.*
aggregation	A cluster of things that have come or been brought together. A desktop aggregation* app that brings together Facebook Twitter and LinkedIn.*
amass	Gather together or accumulate (a large amount or number of material or things) over a period of time. She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis.
assemblage	A machine or object made of pieces fitted together. A loose assemblage* of diverse groups.*
assemble	Cause (people or things) to gather together for a common purpose. The males assemble* and hang by their front legs within a yard or two of the female.*
bundle	Make into a bundle. They bundled out into the corridor.
cluster	Form a cluster or clusters. Ten clusters from all the primary health centres were selected.
collect	Gather or collect. He lost control of the truck and collected two cats.
collection	A sum of money raised during a church or charity collection. A preview of their autumn collection.
congregate	Gather into a crowd or mass. Some 4 000 demonstrators had congregated at a border point.
cumulate	Collect or gather. The systems cumulate* data over a period of years.*
deposition	A pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer’s office. The deposition* of four expert witnesses.*
flock	Come together as in a cluster or flock. Tourists flock* to Oxford in their thousands.*
gather	Collect or gather. Let s gather* in the dining room.*
gathering	The act of gathering something. A family gathering.
glycogen	A substance deposited in bodily tissues as a store of carbohydrates. It is a polysaccharide which forms glucose on hydrolysis.
heap	Form a heap. Clouds heaped higher in the west.
hoard	A stock or store of money or valued objects, typically one that is secret or carefully guarded. 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. The band dedicated about a quarter of the set to new jams.
nucleate	Having a nucleus. Small villages nucleate* into larger towns and eventually become cities.*
overproduction	Too much production or more than expected. There was a crisis of overproduction* in traditional manufacturing.*
pile	Place or lay as if in a pile. My students piled out of three cars.
pileup	Multiple collisions of vehicles.
sheaf	A bundle of objects of one kind, especially papers. The corn and barley had to be sheafed and stooked.
stack	Fill or cover a place or surface with stacks of things. The odds were stacked against Fiji in the World Cup.
stacked	Having sections that are arranged vertically. The new boots you buy will be leather with stacked* heels.*
ton	A unit of weight or volume of sea cargo equal to a metric ton 1 000 kg or 40 cu ft. He scored 102 not out his third ton* of the tour.*