amass

Verb

1. (transitive) To collect into a mass or heap.
2. (transitive) to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.
3. (intransitive) To accumulate; to assemble.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A large number of things collected or piled together.
2. (obsolete) The act of amassing.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈmæs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *amassen

Cognate with Middle English: massen

In summary

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

gather

pile up

hoard

assemble

pile

store up

heap

compile

save up

conglomerate

cumulate

store

roll up

heap up

pick up

bring together

stack

concentrate

accrue

agglomerate

aggregate

congregate

garner

lay up

put together

raise

run up

heap together

foregather

forgather

bunch together

consolidate

get together

harvest

clump

centre

hill

centralize

increase

collect together

make

many

mass

meet

mound

muster

center

bunch