commingle

verb

com·​min·​gle kə-ˈmiŋ-gəl 

kä-

commingled; commingling; commingles

transitive verb

1

: to blend thoroughly into a harmonious whole

… that fine and funny book, in which horror and laughter are commingled …

—William Styron

2

: to combine (funds or properties) into a common fund or stock

Proceeds from the sale have been commingled with other funds.

intransitive verb

: to become commingled

Synonyms

• combine
• mix
• merge
• integrate
• blend
• amalgamate
• intermingle

Choose the Right Synonym for commingle

mix, mingle, commingle, blend, merge, coalesce, amalgamate, fuse mean to combine into a more or less uniform whole.

mix may or may not imply loss of each element's identity.

mix the salad greens

mix a drink

mingle usually suggests that the elements are still somewhat distinguishable or separately active.

fear mingled with anticipation in my mind

commingle implies a closer or more thorough mingling.

a sense of duty commingled with a fierce pride drove her

blend implies that the elements as such disappear in the resulting mixture.

blended several teas to create a balanced flavor

merge suggests a combining in which one or more elements are lost in the whole.

in his mind reality and fantasy merged

coalesce implies an affinity in the merging elements and usually a resulting organic unity.

telling details that coalesce into a striking portrait

amalgamate implies the forming of a close union without complete loss of individual identities.

refugees who were readily amalgamated into the community

fuse stresses oneness and indissolubility of the resulting product.

a building in which modernism and classicism are fused

Examples of commingle in a Sentence

Fact and fiction commingle in the story.

He commingled his personal funds with money from the business.

Recent Examples on the Web

How are women commingling a broader sense of business purpose with performance, and thereby changing the face of modern corporate life? —Jaime Catmull, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025

The agency had accused Binance of misleading investors, commingling customer funds, and allowing wealthy U.S. users to evade restrictions. —Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 30 May 2025

Because ranchers and First Nations communities historically commingled at the Calgary Stampede, the chefs will need to do the same with their dishes by pairing beef with an Indigenous ingredient: a particular type of berry. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 May 2025

Colin Knight, whose works frequently riff off of history and art, has commingled two of these interests in his Wedge chair, drawing upon both his grandmother’s experiences of the London Blitz and Joseph Beuys’s Fettstuhl (Fat Chair). —Anthony Paletta, Curbed, 20 May 2025

Word History

Etymology

com- + mingle

First Known Use

1612, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Rhymes for commingle

• dingle
• ingle
• jingle
• lingle
• mingle
• pringle
• shingle
• single
• swingle
• tingle
• intermingle

Kids Definition

commingle

verb

com·​min·​gle kə-ˈmiŋ-gəl 

: to mix together : mingle

Legal Definition

commingle

verb

com·​min·​gle kə-ˈmiŋ-gəl, kä- 

commingled; commingling

transitive verb

: to combine (funds or properties) into a common fund or stock

intransitive verb

: to become commingled