accumulative
[ uh-kyoo-myuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv ]
adjective
tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
tending to accumulate wealth; acquisitive.
Origin of accumulative
1First recorded in 1645–55; accumulate + -ive
Other words from accumulative
- ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ly, adverb
- ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ness, noun
- non·ac·cu·mu·la·tive, adjective
- non·ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ly, adverb
- non·ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ness, noun
- un·ac·cu·mu·la·tive, adjective
- un·ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ly, adverb
- un·ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ness, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use accumulative in a sentence
It rolls up continually, accumulatively; and another fifty years will show more advance than the past five hundred.
The home | Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Browse