accumulate

The word “accumulate” has 4 syllables: ac-cu-mu-late

It's pronounced as /əˈkjuːmjʊleɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for accumulate?

In the thesaurus, “accumulate” has 123 synonyms and 26 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for accumulate along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for accumulate

  • accelerate
  • accrete
  • accrue
  • acquire
  • add to
  • agglomerate
  • agglutinate
  • aggregate
  • amalgamate
  • amass
  • appreciate
  • archive
  • arrange
  • assemble
  • ball
  • balloon
  • band
  • bank
  • batch
  • blow up
  • boom
  • bourgeon
  • brigade
  • bring together
  • build up
  • bulk
  • bunch
  • burgeon
  • cache
  • clean up
  • climb
  • clump
  • cluster
  • collate
  • collect
  • collocate
  • combine
  • compile
  • concentrate
  • conglomerate
  • congregate
  • connect
  • constellate
  • corral
  • crescendo
  • crest
  • cumulate
  • distend
  • draw together
  • drift
  • enlarge
  • escalate
  • expand
  • flock
  • gain
  • garner
  • gather
  • get together
  • group
  • grow
  • heap
  • heap together
  • heighten
  • herd
  • hive
  • hoard
  • huddle
  • incorporate
  • increase
  • inflate
  • intensify
  • join
  • jump
  • link
  • load up
  • lump
  • make a bundle
  • make a killing
  • mass
  • merge
  • mount
  • multiply
  • mushroom
  • muster
  • organize
  • pack
  • peak
  • pick up
  • pile
  • pile up
  • pool
  • press
  • procure
  • profit
  • proliferate
  • rack up
  • raise
  • rally
  • re-collect
  • redouble
  • regather
  • regroup
  • ridge
  • rise
  • rocket
  • roll up
  • round up
  • scare up
  • skyrocket
  • snowball
  • spread
  • stack
  • stack up
  • stockpile
  • store
  • store up
  • surge
  • swarm
  • swell
  • systematize
  • throng
  • unite
  • wax

Antonyms for accumulate

  • break up
  • contract
  • decrease
  • diminish
  • disband
  • disintegrate
  • dismiss
  • dispel
  • disperse
  • dissipate
  • dissolve
  • divide
  • dwindle
  • forfeit
  • lessen
  • lose
  • recede
  • scatter
  • send
  • separate
  • sever
  • shrink
  • spend
  • squander
  • wane
  • waste

Meanings of accumulate

  • verb
    1. To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively).
    2. To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
    3. To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual.
  • adjective
    1. Collected; accumulated.

Example Sentences

  • Over the years, they managed to accumulate a large collection of rare books.
  • It’s important to accumulate savings for emergencies.
  • The company continues to accumulate data from various sources for its research.
  • Dust began to accumulate on the shelves after weeks without cleaning.
  • As the storm progressed, the snow continued to accumulate on the ground.

On this page you'll find 149 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to accumulate, such as: accelerate, accrete, accrue, acquire, add to, agglomerate, agglutinate.

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gain

  • accelerate
  • accession
  • accomplish
  • accretion
  • accrual
  • accrue
  • accumulate
  • accumulation
  • achieve
  • achievement
  • acquire
  • acquisition
  • addendum
  • addition
  • advance
  • advancement
  • advantage
  • allure
  • amass
  • ameliorate
  • annex
  • appendix
  • appreciate
  • approach
  • argue
  • assemblage
  • attain
  • attainment
  • attract
  • augment
  • augmentation
  • bag
  • balloon
  • bankroll
  • beat
  • beguile
  • benefit
  • blandish
  • blarney
  • blow up
  • boom
  • boost
  • bottom line
  • bourgeon
  • brainwash
  • bring
  • bring around
  • bring in
  • build up
  • buildup
  • bulk
  • burgeon
  • cajole
  • capital
  • capture
  • carry
  • catch
  • chalk up
  • chew over
  • cleanup
  • clear
  • climb
  • coax
  • coffers
  • collect
  • collection
  • come around
  • come back
  • come by
  • come round
  • come to
  • compensation
  • complement
  • complete
  • consummate
  • continuation
  • convalesce
  • converse
  • convert
  • convince
  • crescendo
  • crest
  • cut
  • debate
  • discuss
  • dispute
  • distend
  • dividend
  • draw
  • earn
  • earnings
  • elevate
  • emolument
  • enhance
  • enlarge
  • enlist
  • enrich
  • entice
  • entreat
  • equal
  • escalate
  • excel
  • exchequer
  • excite
  • exhort
  • expand
  • expansion
  • extend
  • extension
  • fast-talk
  • finances
  • fulfill
  • funds
  • garner
  • gather
  • gathering
  • get
  • glean
  • gravy
  • gross
  • grow
  • growth
  • harvest
  • have
  • headway
  • heal
  • heighten
  • hike
  • hit
  • improve
  • improvement
  • incline
  • income
  • increase
  • increment
  • induce
  • inflate
  • influence
  • intensify
  • interest
  • jump
  • killing
  • knock down
  • land
  • lead on
  • log
  • lucre
  • lure
  • make
  • make a killing
  • match
  • maximize
  • meet
  • mend
  • money
  • moot
  • more
  • mount
  • move
  • move forward
  • multiply
  • mushroom
  • net
  • obtain
  • occupy
  • outdo
  • overpersuade
  • overtake
  • parlay
  • pay
  • payment
  • payoff
  • peak
  • perfect
  • persuade
  • pick up
  • plus
  • pocket
  • pocketbook
  • proceeds
  • procure
  • produce
  • profit
  • progress
  • proliferate
  • proliferation
  • promote
  • prompt
  • pull down
  • pull round
  • pull through
  • rack up
  • raise
  • rally
  • reach
  • reacquire
  • realize
  • reap
  • reattain
  • recapture
  • receipts
  • recoup
  • recover
  • recruit
  • recuperate
  • redouble
  • regain
  • remake
  • remittal
  • requital
  • resources
  • return
  • revenue
  • revive
  • ring up
  • rise
  • rival
  • rocket
  • roll up
  • run-up
  • salary
  • sales
  • satisfy
  • score
  • secure
  • seduce
  • sell
  • share
  • skyrocket
  • snap back
  • snow
  • snowball
  • spike
  • spread
  • step up
  • step-up
  • stimulate
  • succeed
  • supplement
  • surge
  • surpass
  • survive
  • sway
  • swell
  • take
  • take over
  • take-home pay
  • tempt
  • tie
  • tips
  • top
  • touch
  • up
  • upping
  • uptick
  • uptrend
  • upturn
  • urge
  • velvet
  • wages
  • wax
  • wheedle
  • wherewithal
  • win
  • win over
  • windfall
  • winnings
  • yield

keep

  • abide by
  • accomplish
  • accumulate
  • achieve
  • adhere to
  • administer
  • administrate
  • amass
  • answer
  • arrest
  • attend
  • avert
  • battle
  • bear
  • bless
  • block
  • board
  • boast
  • bridle
  • bring about
  • bring off
  • buffer
  • bulwark
  • cache
  • care
  • care and feeding
  • care for
  • carry
  • carry on
  • carry out
  • celebrate
  • cellar
  • check
  • cherish
  • codirect
  • comanage
  • command
  • commemorate
  • commit
  • compass
  • complete
  • comply with
  • conclude
  • conduct
  • consecrate
  • conservancy
  • conservation
  • conserve
  • conserving
  • constrain
  • consummate
  • contain
  • contend
  • continue
  • control
  • cover
  • curb
  • custody
  • deal in
  • defend
  • defense
  • delay
  • deposit
  • detain
  • deter
  • direct
  • discharge
  • effect
  • endure
  • enjoy
  • execute
  • feed
  • fence
  • fend
  • fete
  • fight
  • file
  • fill
  • finalize
  • finance
  • finish
  • forfend
  • foster
  • fulfil
  • fulfill
  • fund
  • gag
  • garage
  • garner
  • govern
  • grasp
  • grip
  • guard
  • guardianship
  • guarding
  • guide
  • hamper
  • hamstring
  • handcuff
  • handle
  • hang on to
  • hangar
  • harbor
  • have
  • heap
  • hinder
  • hold
  • hold back
  • hold on to
  • honor
  • house
  • hug
  • impede
  • inhibit
  • interrupt
  • laud
  • lead
  • limit
  • look after
  • maintain
  • maintenance
  • make
  • make good
  • make good on
  • manage
  • measure
  • meet
  • memorialize
  • micromanage
  • mince
  • mind
  • minister to
  • muffle
  • muzzle
  • nourish
  • nurture
  • obey
  • observe
  • obstruct
  • operate
  • oppose
  • ordain
  • overlook
  • oversee
  • own
  • pack
  • palisade
  • patronize
  • perfect
  • perform
  • picket
  • pile
  • pilot
  • place
  • pocket
  • possess
  • praise
  • preservation
  • preserve
  • preserving
  • prevent
  • protect
  • protection
  • provision
  • pull in
  • put
  • put up
  • redeem
  • regard
  • regulate
  • remember
  • reposit
  • repress
  • reserve
  • resist
  • respect
  • restrain
  • retain
  • retard
  • ritualize
  • rule
  • run
  • safeguard
  • safeguarding
  • safekeeping
  • sanctify
  • satisfy
  • save
  • screen
  • season
  • secure
  • set up
  • shackle
  • shelter
  • shelve
  • shield
  • silence
  • sink
  • smother
  • solemnize
  • sponsor
  • squelch
  • stack
  • stage-manage
  • stake
  • stall
  • stand up for
  • steer
  • steward
  • stifle
  • stock
  • stop
  • store
  • stow
  • strangle
  • subsidize
  • superintend
  • supervise
  • support
  • suppress
  • sustain
  • sustaining
  • sustentation
  • swallow
  • take care of
  • tame
  • tend
  • trade in
  • treasure
  • underwrite
  • upkeep
  • victual
  • wall
  • war
  • ward
  • warehouse
  • watch
  • watch over
  • withhold
  • withstand

zoom

  • accelerate
  • accumulate
  • appreciate
  • arrow
  • babble
  • balloon
  • barrel
  • beat it
  • beeline
  • beetle
  • belt
  • blast
  • blaze
  • blow
  • bolt
  • bomb
  • bourgeon
  • bowl
  • breeze
  • build up
  • bumble
  • bundle
  • burgeon
  • burr
  • bustle
  • buzz
  • cannonball
  • careen
  • career
  • catch up
  • chase
  • chirr
  • churr
  • coo
  • course
  • crest
  • curr
  • dart
  • dash
  • dive
  • drive
  • drone
  • enlarge
  • escalate
  • expand
  • fast-forward
  • fizz
  • flash
  • flit
  • fly
  • gallop
  • gasp
  • get a move on
  • gurgle
  • hare
  • hasten
  • heighten
  • hie
  • highball
  • hiss
  • hum
  • hump
  • hurl
  • hurry
  • hurtle
  • hustle
  • increase
  • intensify
  • jet
  • jog
  • jump
  • make tracks
  • moan
  • motor
  • mount
  • multiply
  • murmur
  • mushroom
  • nip
  • outpace
  • outrun
  • outstrip
  • overtake
  • peak
  • pelt
  • proliferate
  • purr
  • quicken
  • race
  • ram
  • rip
  • rocket
  • run
  • rush
  • rustle
  • scamper
  • scoot
  • scud
  • scuffle
  • scurry
  • scuttle
  • shake a leg
  • shoot
  • shoot up
  • sigh
  • sizzle
  • skyrocket
  • snowball
  • soar
  • speed
  • sprint
  • stampede
  • step
  • step on it
  • step out
  • streak
  • surge
  • suspiration
  • susurration
  • susurrus
  • swell
  • swish
  • tear
  • thrum
  • travel
  • trot
  • wax
  • wheeze
  • whir
  • whirl
  • whirr
  • whish
  • whisk
  • whisper
  • whistle
  • whiz
  • whizz
  • whoosh
  • zing
  • zip

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