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cumulative

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of cumulative

produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things
  • a cumulative weight gain of 20 pounds over the course of a year
Synonyms of cumulative

accretive, accumulative, additive, conglomerative, incremental
Words Related to cumulative

gradual, step-by-step, stepwise

increscent, progressive

accruable, accrued, aggregated, amassed, built-up, compiled, conglomerated
Near Antonyms of cumulative

decremental, decrescent, degressive, regressive

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