How to Spell accumulate

accumulate

accumulate - verb

  • To gather or pile up especially little by little : amass
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"accumulate a fortune"

accumulate - thesaurus

Synonyms: escalate, gather, group

Antonyms: decrease

Etymology

Latin

Borrowed from Latin accumulātus, past participle of accumulāre "to heap up, add to, increase," from ad- ad- + cumulāre "to gather into a heap"

Word family

accumulation, accumulating, accumulated