CUMULATIVE Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

cumulative

adjective

ˈkyü-myə-lə-tiv

Definition of cumulative

as in accumulative

produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things a cumulative weight gain of 20 pounds over the course of a year

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Recent Examples of cumulative At the Vera Rubin and Groq 3 LPX unveiling in March, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang projected $1 trillion in cumulative sales between the current-generation Blackwell chips and the new Vera Rubin systems, through 2027. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026 The cumulative rainfall across the canal watershed since May has been 34% below the historical average, the Panama Canal Authority said on Thursday. — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 One of the more striking findings by public policy researchers based in the United Kingdom and Italy, based on new research published in Economics Letters, comes in the cumulative payload to orbit by nation. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026 By the end of the window, Premier League clubs will almost certainly have spent a cumulative £1billion on players from within the English top flight. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cumulative

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The choice of Miami Beach as the festival’s long-term home is less accidental than accumulative.

— Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
According to a new paper, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, accumulative stresses in the Earth’s crust in California are higher today than at any point over the last 1,000 years, raising concerns over the potential for a massive rupture in the Los Angeles region.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 10 June 2026

Definition of accumulative

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This inability to rapidly convert firepower into maneuver has contributed to the slow, incremental character of many Russian advances despite Russia's substantial advantage in available fires.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
To create objects with collapsibility as a core feature, Toyonaga’s team devised an analytic design algorithm allowing incremental construction of complex scissored surfaces.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of incremental

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If the answer is yes, then waiting ceases to be a strategy of restraint and begins to look like gradual erosion of power and strength.

— Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
Roland Nieratka said the gradual increase in bag fees was put in place as a way to shift peoples’ habits.

— Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026

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