accumulative

[uh-kyoo-myuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv]

adjective

1. tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.

2. tending to accumulate wealth; acquisitive.

Other Word Forms

• accumulatively adverb
• accumulativeness noun
• nonaccumulative adjective
• nonaccumulatively adverb
• nonaccumulativeness noun
• unaccumulative adjective
• unaccumulatively adverb
• unaccumulativeness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of accumulative¹

First recorded in 1645–55; accumulate + -ive