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piling up

ADJECTIVE
increasing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
developing expanding growing rising
STRONG
accumulating augmenting booming broadening enlarging flourishing maturing multiplying proliferating snowballing sprouting swelling waxing widening
WEAK
getting big
NOUN
rise
Synonyms
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acceleration advance ascent boost climb growth hike increment inflation progress surge upsurge upswing upturn
STRONG
accession accretion addition advancement aggrandizement augmentation breakthrough distention doubling enlargement heightening intensification intensifying markup multiplication promotion raise step-up swell upgrade waxing
WEAK
stacking up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
decline decrease failure hindrance stagnation
STRONG
deduction lessening reduction shrinkage subtraction
WEAK
drop fall slump worsening

Example Sentences

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When delays start piling up and patients become upset, employee burnout and even errors may be more likely to happen.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

If subduction zones continued indefinitely, continents would keep piling up, oceans would disappear, and much of Earth's geological history would be erased.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

But since that money stream ended, rubbish has been piling up.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

They don’t have bills piling up because they can’t afford to pay them.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

I threw on some basketball shorts and went to the kitchen, where Jazz was already piling up my plate.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds