Synonyms of accreting

accreting

verb

present participle of accrete

as in accumulating

to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass

silt accreting at the mouth of the river over time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accumulating
• collecting
• gathering
• amassing
• concentrating
• massing
• piling (up)
• stacking (up)
• conglomerating
• drifting
• building up
• agglutinating
• clumping
• lumping
• banking
• ridging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• scattering
• dispersing
• dissipating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of accreting

Yet despite its diminutive stature, the smaller black hole is growing at a tremendous rate by accreting gas faster than the Eddington limit. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026

The protagonists are ultimately constructed like robots, accreting no more experiences or traits or memories than they’re programmed to have. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026

Instruments drift in and out, sometimes accreting into subtle polyrhythms or harmonies, and other times lightly undergirding Ederra’s gorgeous runs. — Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 11 Mar. 2026

For the first few billion years of cosmic history, galaxies formed and grew by accreting more and more material from the intergalactic medium, as well as by merging together to form larger, more mature galaxies. — Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026

X-ray data revealed that the black hole is accreting material at roughly 13 times the Eddington limit, placing it among the fastest-growing black holes known at this mass scale. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Jan. 2026

Eventually the star stops accreting matter, leaving the disk in orbit around it. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025

In many cases, similar accreting black holes are telltale signs of active galactic nuclei, but astronomers needed to examine the evidence more carefully. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2025