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amass

2 syllables
verbnoun
Quick answer

As a verb, amass means collect into a mass or heap.

Meanings of amass

6 meanings

verb

  1. To collect into a mass or heap.

  2. To gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.

    “to amass a treasure or a fortune”

    “to amass words or phrases”

  3. To accumulate; to assemble.

  4. Increase in amount by collecting or gathering

    “Journals are accumulating in my office”

    “The work keeps piling up”

    Similar: accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather

noun

  1. obsoleteA large number of things collected or piled together.

  2. obsoleteThe act of amassing.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

All synonyms for amass →
verb: increase in amount by collecting or gathering
accumulatecumulateconglomeratepile upgather
verb: get or gather together
roll upcollectaccumulatepile upcompilehoard

Words that rhyme with amass

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