amass
Plural: amasses
Verb
Verb Forms: amassed, amassing, amasses
- To gather together or accumulate over a period of time.
- collect or gather
- get or gather together
- "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"
- To collect into a mass or heap.
- to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.
- To accumulate; to assemble.
Noun
- A large number of things collected or piled together.
- The act of amassing.
Examples
- My goal in Scrabble is to amass as many points as possible.
- to amass a treasure or a fortune
- to amass words or phrases
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English *amassen (found only as Middle English massen (“to amass”)), from Anglo-Norman amasser, from Medieval Latin amassāre, from ad + massa (“lump, mass”). See mass.
Synonyms
accumulate, collect, compile, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, hoard, pile up, roll up, amass, amound, engross, get up, heap, heap up, intreasure, mass, mound, niggard, packrat, pile, rathole, squirrel away, stack up, uphoard
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 7
amass: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordamass: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
amass: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary