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- pronunciation:
maes
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
amasses, amassing, amassed |
| definition 1: |
to gather or accumulate for oneself.
The owner of the steel mills amassed great wealth.- synonyms:
- accumulate, agglomerate, collect, cumulate, gather, pile up
- antonyms:
- distribute
- similar words:
- acquire, aggregate, assemble, raise, reserve, save, store up
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| definition 2: |
to gather or collect into a large amount.
She amassed an impressive collection of rare books.- synonyms:
- accumulate, collect, cumulate, gather
- similar words:
- acquire, agglomerate, aggregate, assemble, heap up, pile up, run up, save, stockpile, store up
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| related words: |
backlog, compile, glean, hoard, lump, make, mass, muster, pile, score, scrape, treasure |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to gather together.
They amassed at the foot of the mountain.- synonyms:
- assemble, congregate, gather
- antonyms:
- dissipate, separate
- similar words:
- agglomerate, aggregate, collect, mass
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| related words: |
accrue, cluster, heap |
| derivations: |
amassable (adj.), amasser (n.) |
The word amass
contains the following part:
a-3
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix a-3 occurs in Latin and Old French loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad-, which, in Latin loanwords, is used before roots beginning with "s" and another consonant, such as "spect" and "scrib." See ad-.
Example words:
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