accreting
The word “accreting” has 3 syllables: ac-cre-ting
It's pronounced as /əˈkriːtɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for accreting?
In the thesaurus, “accreting” has 14 synonyms and 3 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for accreting along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for accreting
- accumulating
- agglutinating
- amassing
- banking
- building up
- clumping
- collecting
- concentrating
- conglomerating
- drifting
- gathering
- lumping
- massing
- ridging
Antonyms for accreting
- dispersing
- dissipating
- scattering
Meanings of accreting
- verb
- To grow together, combine; to fuse.
- To adhere; to grow or to be added to gradually.
- To make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing.
Example Sentences
- The dust was accreting on the old bookshelf, making it look neglected.
- Over time, sediment is accreting on the ocean floor, forming new land.
- The ice sheet is accreting at a rapid rate due to the cold temperatures.
- As the river slows down, debris is accreting along its edges.
- The scientists observed the minerals accreting around the crystal structure.
On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to accreting, such as: accumulating, agglutinating, amassing, banking, building up, clumping, collecting.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
accumulating
- accelerating
- accreting
- accretion
- accrual
- accumulation
- acquiring
- acquisition
- addition
- agglomeration
- agglutinating
- aggregating
- amassing
- amassment
- amplification
- anthology
- appreciating
- archiving
- arranging
- assemblage
- assembling
- assembly
- assortment
- augmentation
- augmenting
- balling
- ballooning
- banding
- banking
- batch
- batching
- blowing up
- booming
- boost
- bourgeoning
- brigading
- bringing together
- broadening
- building up
- bulking
- bunching
- burgeoning
- caboodle
- climbing
- clump
- clumping
- cluster
- clustering
- collating
- collation
- collecting
- collection
- collocating
- combination
- combining
- company
- compilation
- compiling
- concentrating
- congeries
- conglomerating
- congregating
- congregation
- connecting
- consolidating
- constellating
- convocation
- corralling
- creep
- crescendoing
- cresting
- crowd
- cumulation
- developing
- digest
- distending
- distension
- distention
- doubling
- drifting
- enlargement
- enlarging
- escalating
- escalation
- expanding
- expansion
- extension
- flocking
- flourishing
- gain
- gaining
- garner
- garnering
- gathering
- getting big
- getting together
- grouping
- growing
- growth
- heap
- heaping
- heightening
- herding
- hike
- hiving
- hoard
- huddling
- incorporating
- increase
- increasing
- increment
- inflating
- inflation
- intensifying
- joining
- jumping
- kit
- lengthening
- levy
- linking
- lot
- lumping
- mass
- massing
- maturing
- medley
- merging
- mess
- miscellany
- mobilization
- mounting
- multiplication
- multiplying
- mushrooming
- muster
- mustering
- number
- obtaining
- omnibus
- organizing
- packing
- peaking
- picking up
- pile
- piling
- piling up
- pooling
- pressing
- proliferating
- proliferation
- quadrupling
- quantity
- raising
- rallying
- re-collecting
- redoubling
- regathering
- regrouping
- ridging
- rise
- rising
- rocketing
- rolling up
- rounding up
- securing
- selection
- set
- skyrocketing
- snowballing
- spread
- spreading
- sprouting
- stack
- stacking
- stock
- stockpile
- store
- surging
- swarming
- swelling
- systematizing
- thronging
- treasury
- tripling
- unifying
- uniting
- waxing
- widening