Amass: meaning, example and synonyms
Amassv. To gather or collect a large amount of something over time.
Example
Over four decades the naturalist amassed a collection of more than ten thousand beetle specimens, many from habitats that have since vanished.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Synonyms
- accumulate, gather, collect, stockpile
- Antonyms
- disperse, scatter, squander, distribute
- Memory tip
- a + mass: build up a mass of something, bit by bit.
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Check yourself: Amass in context
Over three decades of fieldwork, the linguist managed to ______ more than four thousand hours of recordings of languages spoken by only a few hundred people.
Answer: amass. Building up thousands of hours of recordings over decades is to amass them. Nullify (cancel), intercede (plead for another) and misconstrue (misinterpret) don't fit this context.
Ants that ______ large stores of seeds during the rainy season can survive the long dry months when little food is available.
Answer: amass. Building up large seed stores is to amass them. Concur (agree), denigrate (belittle) and muzzle (silence) don't fit this context.