cumulative

1. 1.

   increasing by successive addition

   “the benefits are cumulative”

   “the eventual accumulative effect of these substances”

   Synonymsaccumulative

   Similaradditive

Questions about cumulative

What does cumulative mean?

cumulative means "increasing by successive addition".

How many syllables are in cumulative?

cumulative has 4 syllables: cu-mu-la-tive. The stress falls on "cu". In IPA it is /ˈkjumjələtɪv/.

What is another word for cumulative?

Close synonyms include accumulative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cumulative a common word?

cumulative is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.