Accumulative and Degressive

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Accumulative adjective - Produced by a series of additions of identical or similar things.

Usage example: the accumulative effect of all her worries was to seriously undermine her health

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Degressive is an antonym for accumulative.

Degressive adjective - Going down by steps.

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Accumulative is an antonym for degressive.

Nearby Words: degression, degress

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Degressive and Accumulative. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/accumulative/degressive

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