Synonyms for accretion
əˈkri ʃənac·cre·tion

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1. accretionnoun

   Synonyms:
   growth

   Antonyms:
   attrition

2. accretionnoun

   The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.

   Synonyms:
   growth

   Antonyms:
   attrition

3. accretionnoun

   The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.

   A mineral ... augments not by grown, but by accretion.

   Synonyms:
   growth

   Antonyms:
   attrition

4. accretionnoun

   Something added externally to promote growth the external growth of an item.

   Synonyms:
   growth

   Antonyms:
   attrition

5. accretionnoun

   concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.

   Synonyms:
   growth

   Antonyms:
   attrition

6. accretionnoun

   A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.

   Synonyms:
   growth

   Antonyms:
   attrition

7. accretionnoun

   The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.

   Synonyms:
   growth

   Antonyms:
   attrition

8. accretionnoun

   The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.

   Synonyms:
   growth

   Antonyms:
   attrition

9. accretionnoun

   Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share.

   Synonyms:
   growth

   Antonyms:
   attrition

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. accretion, accumulationnoun

   an increase by natural growth or addition

   Synonyms:
   collection, accrual, accruement, assemblage, accumulation, aggregation

2. accretionnoun

   something contributing to growth or increase

   "he scraped away the accretions of paint"; "the central city surrounded by recent accretions"

   Synonyms:
   accumulation

3. accretionnoun

   (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases

   Synonyms:
   accumulation

4. accretionnoun

   (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles

   Synonyms:
   accumulation

5. accretionnoun

   (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment

   Synonyms:
   accumulation

6. accretionnoun

   (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance)

   Synonyms:
   accumulation

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1. • Addition
   • Astronomy
   • Biology
   • Geology
   • Increase
   • Inheritance
   • Law

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. accretionnoun

   Synonyms:
   growth (by accession of parts)

2. accretionnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Med.) growing together

3. accretionnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) gradual accumulation (of soil, as at the mouth of a river)

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "accretion":

   accumulation, build-up

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1. Mary Baker:

   The IRS is trying to communicate that an accretion of value... will trigger a taxable event, whether you are using the currency to buy a tangible item or to acquire a virtual item, how to keep track of these transactions and their taxable effect is an issue that Congress and the Treasury Department both are grappling with.

2. Elena Murchikova:

   This should help improve our understanding of how accretion onto black holes works.

3. Moncef Slaoui:

   Any accretion in value of everything I own that has anything to do with Covid, which is my GlaxoSmithKline shares, any accretion in value by the end of my mission will look -- if there has been increasing value with it -- I'll sell those shares, and I'll give that incremental value to the NIH for research.

4. Erin Kara:

   Tidal disruption events offer us this rare view at the most common kind of supermassive black hole in the universe— these so-called dormant supermassive black holes, tidal disruption events, where the stellar debris causes the formation of a temporary accretion disk, offers us a way to probe this population of supermassive black holes.

5. Neil Dwane:

   ABI is paying a high price but accretion to earnings from low debt costs would be something in the region of 15 percent. However, we think the return on this deal could be a relatively disappointing 8 percent after 10 years.