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

As glutamate accumulates without time to drain, across a demanding workday, the lateral prefrontal cortex becomes metabolically constrained. — Shefali Raina, Forbes.com, 27 July 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

This dust accumulates in the corners, lurks under the sofa, and rains down on your lampshades. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 July 2026