accumulates

VERB

gather or amass something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accrue acquire add to assemble collect compile concentrate expand gain grow hoard increase pile up rack up swell

STRONG

agglomerate aggregate amalgamate cache collocate cumulate gather heap incorporate lump mass pile procure profit stockpile store unite

WEAK

bring together clean up draw together heap together load up make a bundle make a killing roll up round up scare up stack up store up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

contract decrease diminish disperse divide forfeit lessen lose scatter separate shrink spend waste

WEAK

dissipate dwindle squander

Example Sentences

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If treated right, peat accumulates "about a millimetre a year," Jones said.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026

It accumulates as a sequence rather than arriving as a coup.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2026

In this traditional view, low-density magma gradually accumulates within the crust, increasing pressure until the surrounding rock fractures, collapses, and ultimately erupts.

From Science Daily • Jun. 28, 2026

The mesosphere, an atmospheric region where space waste accumulates, is so difficult to study it has been called the ignorosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

He says he means to use the fat that slowly accumulates in the tin-lid for polishing his boots, and roars with laughter for half an hour at his own joke.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque