amass[verb]Synonyms: collect, accumulate, assemble, compile, gather, hoard, pile up
Antonyms: distribute
English Thesaurus: collect, gather, assemble, build up, accumulate, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
a‧mass /əˈmæs/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Old French;
Origin: amasser, from masser 'to gather into a mass']
if you amass money, knowledge, information etc, you gradually collect a large amount of it:
For 25 years, Darwin amassed evidence to support his theories. He amassed a fortune after the war. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
collect to get things of the same type from different places and bring them together:
She collects stamps (=as a hobby). They have collected 650 signatures for their petition.gather to collect information from different places, or to collect crops, flowers, wood etc, especially from the ground:
Computers make it easier to gather information. The men gathered firewood.assemble formal to collect something such as information in an organized way:
When all the evidence is assembled, we will write our report.build up to gradually collect more things of the same type over time:
He has built up one of the country’s finest collections of art.accumulate to gradually get more and more of something such as money, possessions, or knowledge, over time.
Accumulate is more formal than
build up:
He is driven by the desire to accumulate wealth.amass to collect a large amount of something such as money, information, or knowledge, over time:
Carnegie amassed a fortune in the steel industry.run up a bill/debt/loss informal to allow a debt to increase quickly, especially by spending too much:
He ran up huge gambling debts. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲