accumulation
Pile growing larger
Accumulation is the process of gathering or building up over time, or the result of that process.
Wealth accumulates through saving and investment.
Snow accumulates on rooftops.
The accumulation of evidence eventually convinced the jury.
The word often implies gradual increase rather than sudden acquisition: Years of accumulation had turned the garage into a maze of boxes.
Accumulated reserve supply
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- stashHidden reserve
- reserveSupply kept back
- collectionGathered set of items
trove · savings · nest egg · store · amassing · hoarding · squirreling · gathering
Assembled group of worshippers
- assemblyConstructing from components
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- aggregationCombined collection of items
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
amassing · pooling · consolidation · concentration · clustering · collecting · massing · coming together
Jumbled collection of items
- moundHeaped earth formation
- stackItems piled vertically
- massQuantity of matter
- buildupGradual accumulation over time
drift · deposit · layer · sediment · debris · clutter · backlog · residue
Growth in amount
- buildupGradual accumulation over time
- expansionIncrease in scope
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
augmentation · surge · accretion · multiplication · amplification · inflation · swell · upsurge
Stored data or albums
- documentsFormal written records
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- collectionGathered set of items
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
catalog · files · preservation · indexing · curation · storage · compilation · registry
Wealth or destiny
- capitalWealth used for investment
- assetsOwned items of value
- savingsAccumulated money kept
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
portfolio · riches · estate · endowment · inheritance · dividends · equity · interest
Particles settling in liquid
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- plaqueInscribed memorial tablet
- calciumElement twenty, builds bones
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
residue · mineral deposits · tartar · bioaccumulation · toxins · heavy metals · silting · alluvium
stockpile
Accumulated reserve supply
collection · trove · savings · nest egg · store · amassing · hoarding · squirreling · gathering · deposit
congregation
Assembled group of worshippers
- assemblyConstructing from components
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- aggregationCombined collection of items
convergence · amassing · pooling · consolidation · concentration · clustering · collecting · massing · coming together · centralizing
heap
Jumbled collection of items
buildup · drift · deposit · layer · sediment · debris · clutter · backlog · residue · aggregation
increase
Growth in amount
- buildupGradual accumulation over time
- expansionIncrease in scope
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
proliferation · augmentation · surge · accretion · multiplication · amplification · inflation · swell · upsurge · magnification
records
Stored data or albums
- documentsFormal written records
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- collectionGathered set of items
database · catalog · files · preservation · indexing · curation · storage · compilation · registry · documentation
fortune
Wealth or destiny
investment · portfolio · riches · estate · endowment · inheritance · dividends · equity · interest · compound interest
sedimentation
Particles settling in liquid
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- plaqueInscribed memorial tablet
- calciumElement twenty, builds bones
sediment · residue · mineral deposits · tartar · bioaccumulation · toxins · heavy metals · silting · alluvium · precipitation
- Snowsnowflake, snowfall, snowpack, snowfield, snowbank
- gradual progressbaby steps, inching, crawling, creeping, steady growth
- massmass, masses, bulk, body mass, atomic mass
- snow statisticssnow depth
- Depositionsediment, silt, alluvium, delta, sandbar
- Pharmacokineticsbioavailability, half-life, AUC, absorption rate, drug metabolism
accumulationdecrease
Become or make smaller
reduction · diminution · depletion · decline · drop
accumulationdispersal
Spreading in many directions
scattering · dispersion · dissipation · diffusion · spreading
accumulationdepletion
Reduction of supply
erosion · attrition · drainage · expenditure · consumption
- snow accumulationGathered frozen precipitation depth
- accumulation zoneWhere ice sheet grows
- wealth accumulationProcess of gathering assets