Synonyms: pile up, accumulate, amass, cumulate, conglomerate, gather
Definition: collect or gather
Usage: Journals are accumulating in my office; The work keeps piling up
Similar words: increase
Definition: become bigger or greater in amount
Usage: The amount of work increased
Synonyms: hoard, roll up, pile up, amass, accumulate, collect, compile
Definition: get or gather together
Usage: I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife; She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis; She rolled up a small fortune
Similar words: store, put in, hive away, lay in, salt away, stack away, stash away
Definition: keep or lay aside for future use
Usage: store grain for the winter; The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat