Synonyms of accumulates

accumulates

verb

present tense third-person singular of accumulate

1

as in increases

to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number

the number of complaints about that mail order firm is really accumulating

Synonyms & Similar Words

• increases
• rises
• accelerates
• swells
• expands
• multiplies
• climbs
• proliferates
• intensifies
• waxes
• spreads
• enlarges
• escalates
• mushrooms
• surges
• mounts
• snowballs
• appreciates
• rolls up
• gains
• jumps
• builds up
• booms
• burgeons
• heightens
• balloons
• distends
• inflates
• skyrockets
• redoubles
• bulks
• peaks
• puffs (up)
• rockets
• crests
• blows up
• crescendoes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decreases
• diminishes
• lessens
• recedes
• wanes
• contracts
• dwindles

2

as in collects

to bring together in one body or place

finally accumulated enough donated books to hold a book sale

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collects
• assembles
• gathers
• amasses
• garners
• groups
• corrals
• concentrates
• congregates
• joins
• combines
• packs
• constellates
• lumps
• gets together
• bulks (up)
• rounds up
• piles
• organizes
• stacks
• unites
• picks up
• musters
• merges
• compiles
• balls
• connects
• arranges
• raises
• heaps
• bunches
• pools
• clusters
• collates
• huddles
• rallies
• systematizes
• batches
• herds
• links
• bands
• regroups
• swarms
• flocks
• brigades
• throngs
• presses
• hives
• archives
• regathers
• scrapes (up or together)
• re-collects

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dissipates
• disperses
• scatters
• dispels
• dissolves
• separates
• disintegrates
• sends
• splits (up)
• severs
• breaks up
• dismisses
• disbands

3

as in gathers

to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass

clouds accumulating on the western horizon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collects
• gathers
• concentrates
• amasses
• masses
• piles (up)
• drifts
• accretes
• stacks (up)
• builds up
• conglomerates
• clumps
• banks
• agglutinates
• ridges
• lumps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dissipates
• disperses
• scatters

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of accumulates

Software built that way accumulates weight rather than value, and its usable lifespan shrinks instead of extending. — Muhammad Muzammil Rawjani, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

As the gas rapidly accumulates within these tiny crevices, the bubbles expand almost instantaneously and push the beverage violently out of the bottle to create a soda fountain, also called a geyser. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026

Alcaraz is managing tenosynovitis, an injury in which fluid accumulates in the sheath that protects a key tendon in the wrist. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Someone else may find something that points in a different direction, and eventually, as research accumulates, a consensus will be formed. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

As trial evidence accumulates, expect state health departments, Medicare wellness materials and Alzheimer’s advocacy groups to point more explicitly toward berries, tea and apples. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026

Court debt accumulates in neighborhoods that already struggle with poverty, violence and limited economic opportunities. — Brian Lawton, The Conversation, 22 July 2026

That trust accumulates through clinical expertise, measurable outcomes, and systems capable of delivering quality at scale. — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 20 July 2026

So perhaps a certain signaling molecule preferentially accumulates more on one side of a neural progenitor cell than the other. — Quanta Magazine, 13 July 2026