amass

verb

ə-ˈmas 

amassed; amassing; amasses

transitive verb

1

: to collect for oneself : accumulate

amass a great fortune

2

: to collect into a mass : gather

must select rather than simply amass details

intransitive verb

: to come together : assemble

Dark clouds amassed over the city.

amasser noun

amassment

ə-ˈmas-mənt 

noun

Synonyms

• accumulate
• assemble
• bulk (up)
• collect
• concentrate
• congregate
• constellate
• corral
• garner
• gather
• group
• lump
• pick up
• round up

Examples of amass in a Sentence

They've amassed a wealth of information.

amassed a truckload of donations in the course of their canned food drive

Recent Examples on the Web

The pop-ups amass thousands of customers and bring in hundreds of thousands dollars in sales. —Yola Robert, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024

Over the years, his account has amassed 157,000 followers on Instagram and more than 470,000 on TikTok. —Jordan Greene, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024

Trump's embrace of early voting methods this year – a reversal from 2020 – will help the GOP nominee amass more votes, Ellison said. —Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 26 Oct. 2024

It’s amassed millions of sellers, and now accounts for more than half of Amazon’s overall retail sales volume. —Annie Palmer,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Anglo-French amasser, from a- (from Latin ad-) + masser to gather into a mass, from masse mass

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Kids Definition

amass

verb

ə-ˈmas 

: to collect into a mass : accumulate

amasser noun