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Synonyms for massing
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : mas |
Phonetic Transcription : mæs |
Top 10 synonyms for massing Other synonyms for the word massing
- abound
- add
- advance
- agglomerate
- aggravate
- aggregate
- amalgamate
- amass
- amassing
- amplify
- application
- arrange
- assembly
- associate
- augment
- ballast
- band
- bank
- be alive
- be numerous
- bear
- bear down
- bear heavily
- besiege
- bind
- blend
- bring together
- bringing to bear
- build up
- bulldoze
- bunch
- bundle
- cache
- capture
- center
- centering
- centralization
- centralize
- charge
- chock
- choke
- choose
- clasp
- clean up
- close attention
- close with
- cluster
- clustering
- coalesce
- coalescing
- collect
- collocate
- combination
- combine
- compact
- compacting
- compile
- compound
- compress
- compression
- concatenate
- concentrate
- concern
- condense
- confer
- congest
- conglomerate
- congregate
- congregation
- congress
- conjoin
- connect
- consolidate
- consolidation
- constrain
- constrict
- consult
- containerize
- contract
- convene
- converge
- convergence
- converging
- convoke
- corral
- cram
- cramp
- crawl
- crop
- crouch
- crowd
- crush
- cuddle
- cull
- cumber
- cumulate
- curl up
- debate
- deliberation
- deluge
- densen
- deposit
- depress
- develop
- dignify
- draw
- draw in
- draw together
- dump
- elbow
- eliminate
- embody
- embrace
- enfold
- enhance
- enlarge
- escalate
- exaggerate
- exalt
- expand
- express
- extract
- federate
- fetch up
- fill
- fill up
- finish
- fixing
- flatten
- flock
- flocking
- flood
- flow
- focalize
- focus
- focusing
- force down
- forgather
- form
- fortify
- freight
- fuse
- gain
- gang around
- gang up
- garner
- gather
- gather like bees
- get
- get to the meat
- get together
- glean
- glut
- goose
- goose up
- gorge
- group
- grow
- hang around
- hang out
- harden
- heap
- heap together
- heap up
- heed
- heighten
- herd
- hike
- hike up
- hill
- hitch
- hitch on
- hoard
- hold
- honor
- hook up with
- huddle
- huddling
- hug
- hunch up
- impel
- incorporate
- increase
- inflate
- ingather
- integrate
- intensification
- intensify
- invest
- iron
- jack up
- jam
- jam-pack
- join
- jump
- jump up
- justle
- lade
- lay aside
- lay away
- league
- level
- levy
- load
- load up
- localize
- look up
- lumber
- lump
- magnify
- make a bundle
- make a killing
- make the scene
- mangle
- marshal
- mash
- mass
- massing
- meet
- meet up
- meld
- mix
- mob
- mobilize
- mound
- move
- move in a crowd
- mushroom
- muster
- narrow
- narrowing
- need
- nestle
- obtain
- overcrowd
- overrun
- oversupply
- pack
- pack 'em in
- pack like sardines
- parley
- perk up
- pick
- pick up
- pile
- pile it on
- pile up
- pin down
- place
- pluck
- plug into
- poke
- pool
- pour in
- powwow
- press
- press close
- procure
- profit
- promote
- pullulate
- punch
- push
- put aboard
- put by
- put up
- pyramid
- rack up
- raise
- rally
- ram
- ram in
- reap
- recruit
- reduce
- reinforce
- render solid
- rendezvous
- reunite
- roll up
- round up
- run up
- rush
- rush together
- salt away
- sardine
- save
- scare up
- scrape together
- scrunch
- secure
- select
- send through the roof
- set
- shoot up
- shove
- show up
- single-mindedness
- slap on
- smooth
- snowball
- snuggle
- sock away
- solidify
- speculate
- squash
- squeeze
- squirrel
- squish
- stabilize
- stack
- stack up
- stash
- steam
- stockpile
- store
- store up
- stow
- stream
- strengthen
- study
- stuff
- surfeit
- surge
- swamp
- swarm
- swell
- tack on
- tag on
- take in
- team up with
- teem
- thicken
- throng
- throw in together
- thrust
- tie in
- tie up with
- top
- top off
- troop
- unify
- unite
- unity
- unwrinkle
- up
- weigh
- weigh down
- weight
- zero in
Définition of massing
Origin :- "to gather in a mass" (intransitive), 1560s, from mass (n.1) or from French masser. Transitive sense by c.1600. Related: Massed; massing.
- As in concentration : noun consolidation of effort
- As in load : verb burden, saddle
- As in pile : verb gather, pack; put on top of another
- As in press : verb push on with force
- As in raise : verb increase, augment
- As in bank : verb collect money or advantage
- As in swarm : verb move forward as a group
- As in accumulate : verb gather or amass something
- As in bunch : verb gather in group
- As in jam-pack : verb crowd
- As in sock away : verb bank
- As in concentrate : verb gather, collect
- As in congregate : verb assemble, come together
- As in consolidate : verb combine; make firm
- As in crowd : verb cram, press into area
- As in flock : verb congregate
- As in gather : verb come or bring together
- As in gather : verb harvest, pick out
- As in heap : verb amass, collect in pile
- As in huddle : verb meet, discuss
- Had they become suspicious, and were even now massing for a surprise attack?
- Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner
- Beyond the station, on either side the road, grey troops were massing.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- Lee was massing them in the centre, training them against the eastern foot of the ridge.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- Workingmen looking to their guns, massing about the government buildings.
- Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
- He was aware, too, that a despairing multitude were massing on the decks above him.
- Extract from : « Sonnie-Boy's People » by James B. Connolly
- Jan. 23—Germans are massing in Hungary; Russians advance in the north.
- Extract from : « Current History, A Monthly Magazine » by New York Times
- Previously we at various times explained this massing of words.
- Extract from : « Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II » by Martin Luther
- In drawing it is similar, in massing, in the placing of spots of interest.
- Extract from : « The Tapestry Book » by Helen Churchill Candee
- I saw the flash of bayonets in that fringe of woods and I'm sure they're massing.
- Extract from : « Army Boys on the Firing Line » by Homer Randall
- But by the way they're massing tanks here I think it will be soon.
- Extract from : « Army Boys on the Firing Line » by Homer Randall
Antonyms for massing
- abandon
- abridge
- abstain
- aid
- allot
- assist
- benefit
- bless
- build
- cancel
- compress
- conclude
- condemn
- condense
- construct
- contract
- curtail
- deal
- decrease
- demolish
- denounce
- deplete
- depress
- destroy
- diet
- diminish
- disarrange
- disburse
- disconnect
- discourage
- disgrace
- disjoin
- disorder
- dispersal
- disperse
- dissemble
- dissipate
- dissuade
- distribute
- divide
- division
- drop
- dwindle
- encourage
- enlarge
- expand
- extend
- fast
- finish
- forfeit
- give
- grow
- halt
- help
- humiliate
- hurt
- ignore
- increase
- injure
- insert
- keep
- leave
- leave alone
- lessen
- let go
- liquefy
- loosen
- lose
- lower
- maintain
- melt
- miss
- misunderstand
- mix up
- neglect
- part
- parting
- plant
- play down
- pull
- raise
- raze
- reduce
- reject
- release
- relieve
- remove
- repress
- retreat
- scatter
- scattering
- separate
- separation
- severance
- shame
- shrink
- soften
- soothe
- spend
- spread
- squander
- stop
- straighten
- stretch
- subtract
- suppress
- thin
- throw away
- unburden
- uncompress
- uncondense
- undermine
- unfasten
- unmix
- use
- waste
- weaken
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