Synonyms for agglomerate
- verb
- noun
- adjective
Most common
ball ball up accumulate conglomerate gather up merge lump together coalesce
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Accumulate — to wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass
accumulate, conglomerate, gather, amass, ball, ball up, wind, globe, bundle up, orb, clue, conglobate, heap up, cumulate, conglobe formal dated
Other
Noun
2. Agglomeration — A collection or mass
agglomeration, mass, lump, collection, aggregate, aggregation, accumulation
Other
Adjective
Definitions
- v. 1
To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
- n. 1
A collection or mass.
- n. 2
A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate.
- adj. 1
collected into a ball, heap, or mass
Related words
- Word family
- agglomeration agglomerative
Forms
- Plural
- agglomerates → heaps, piles, stacks, wads…
- Past participle
- agglomerated
e.g. agglomerated → accumulated, conglomerated, gathered, amassed…
Example sentences
- ball I shall try to take the ball without him noticing.
- accumulate Don't let food scraps accumulate in your backpack.
- conglomerate Drop by drop, the water can conglomerate into a lake.
- merge These two municipalities will merge from next year.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| agglomerate | falling | |
| ball | rising | |
| accumulate | steady | |
| conglomerate | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- orb1, wad1
- 4 letters
- ball1, mass1, wind1, clue1, pile1, lump1, heap1
- 5 letters
- globe1, stack1, merge1, mound1, amass2
- 6 letters
- gather2
- 7 letters
- cumulus
- 8 letters
- coalesce3, cumulate, conglobe
- 9 letters
- aggregate3, clustered2
- 10 letters
- collection3, accumulate4, cumulation, conglobate
- 11 letters
- aggregation4
- 12 letters
- accumulation5, conglomerate4
- 13 letters
- agglomeration5, agglomerative
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amass2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- agglomérer
- Español
- aglomerar
- Deutsch
- zusammenballen