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 TikTok clip has amassed over 423,000 views, 27,600 likes and 739 comments as of Tuesday. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024

Watch on Deadline Nobody Wants This is still going strong, amassing another 2.4M views, putting it at No. 7. —Katie Campione, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024

Per the streamer, Don’t Move amassed 28 million views for the week of October 28-November 3, which equates to 42.9 million viewing hours. —Tim Lammers, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

The episode has amassed nearly 45 million views on YouTube. —Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 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