ACCUMULATED Synonyms: 120 Similar and Opposite Words

accumulated

verb

past tense of accumulate

as in increased

to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number the number of complaints about that mail order firm is really accumulating

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as in collected

to bring together in one body or place finally accumulated enough donated books to hold a book sale

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as in amassed

to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass clouds accumulating on the western horizon

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Recent Examples of accumulated As people returned from their Earth Week effort to clear trash accumulated over the winter from Waukegan Municipal Beach on Saturday, two were lugging large rusted pieces of steel. —

Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026 Neither of the engines was damaged during the 470 seconds of hot firing accumulated during the tests. —

Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026 Smooth out any wrinkles on the bedspread, fluff the pillows, and clear off the nightstands of any items that may have accumulated the night before. —

Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026 As crises have accumulated in the decade since, the hoodie’s tight connection to anti-Black violence seems to have loosened. —

Dawn Chan, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026 Larysa and Oleh had accumulated other losses at the hands of Moscow. —

Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026 All of this time has accumulated into lived experience that astronauts can share, and which scientists can write about — and have, in thousands of research papers. —

Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026 The corrosion likely accumulated over time as the plane was continuously exposed to salt air and marine climates, with it being primarily based in first Barbados and then Fort Lauderdale. —

Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026 Hathaway, who drew on the star power she’s accumulated over the past 20 years, credited the film’s producers for quickly adjusting to her request. —

Antonio Ferme, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026

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Glas said many producers understandably believed that given the gap in IEEPA tariff rates between free-trade-agreement qualifying countries in the Western Hemisphere and those in Asia — which amounted by about 10 percentage points in most cases — sourcing from the Americas should have increased.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
European countries and Canada have increased defense spending and military recruitment efforts over the last year in response to Trump’s threats.

— Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026