accumulating

ADJECTIVE

increasing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

developing expanding growing rising

STRONG

augmenting booming broadening enlarging flourishing maturing multiplying proliferating snowballing sprouting swelling waxing widening

WEAK

getting big piling up

NOUN

collection

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assemblage assortment compilation lot number selection set store

STRONG

acquiring acquisition agglomeration anthology assembling assembly batch caboodle clump cluster collation combination company congeries congregation convocation crowd cumulation digest gathering heap hoard kit levy mass medley mess miscellany mobilization muster omnibus pile quantity stack stock stockpile

WEAK

amassing amassment bringing together obtaining securing

Antonyms

STRONG

division individual separation

NOUN

compilation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assortment collection

STRONG

accumulation anthology assembling collecting combining compiling garner gathering joining treasury

WEAK

aggregating collocating consolidating garnering incorporating unifying

Example Sentences

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So in effect, an accumulating high balance of aging bad loans can reflect past troubles as much as present ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Investors could consider accumulating shares near $350, which marks the initial test of its 50-day simple moving average following the breakout.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Index providers face pressure to adapt as today’s venture-backed giants are staying private far longer than before, accumulating enormous valuations before ever reaching public markets.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Just after she graduated in 2016, her debt was £34,105 - but her latest balance statement shows it's now £41,908 because the interest accumulating is outstripping her repayments.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Eddie who had worked at La Ida pretty regularly was accumulating a cellar of some promise.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

accumulating

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