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 musical smashed the box office over Thanksgiving weekend in the U.S., amassing a whopping $118.2 million in its first week. —Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024

The TikTok clip amassed over 1.1 million views, 174,200 likes and 403 comments as of Friday. —Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024

In the many years since he’s been gone, men have amassed on Ithaca, pressuring Queen Penelope to pick a new husband to be king, seeking access to her wealth. —Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024

Beck, who rose to stardom as a content creator on TikTok in 2020, is proving that he's got more in store for the millions of fans and followers he's amassed across social media since going viral four years ago. —Skyler Caruso, People.com, 5 Dec. 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