Synonyms of agglomerate

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noun

ə-ˈglä-mə-rət 

as in assortment

an unorganized collection or mixture of various things

the Holy Roman Empire was an ever-varying agglomerate of central European states that managed to survive for 1,000 years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assortment
• variety
• jumble
• medley
• collage
• agglomeration
• blend
• amalgam
• litter
• mélange
• clutter
• scramble
• hodgepodge
• patchwork
• mixed bag
• shuffle
• accumulation
• hash
• mishmash
• hotchpotch
• salad
• patchwork quilt
• crazy quilt
• jungle
• stew
• miscellanea
• grab bag
• potpourri
• aggregate
• omnium-gatherum
• pastiche
• menagerie
• alphabet soup
• motley
• montage
• farrago
• tangle
• miscellany
• ragout
• gumbo
• ragbag
• gallimaufry
• tumble
• aggregation
• botch
• smorgasbord
• combination
• salmagundi
• olio
• macédoine
• rummage
• jambalaya
• olla podrida
• conglomerate
• welter
• muddle
• conglomeration
• detritus
• composite
• fusion
• notions
• compound
• admixture
• alloy
• mess
• sundries
• intermixture
• odds and ends
• commixture
• chaos
• disorder
• catchall
• disarray
• oddments
• disarrangement
• mix-up
• imbroglio
• snarl
• morass
• confusion
• shambles
• dog's breakfast
• bollix
• knot

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verb

ə-ˈglä-mə-ˌrāt 

as in to roll

to form into a round compact mass

breakfast cereal consisting of agglomerated clusters of wheat, rice, and nuts stays crunchy in milk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roll
• round
• ball
• lump
• wad
• clump
• sphere
• bunch
• pelletize
• bead
• pellet
• pearl

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spread
• flatten
• open
• smooth
• unroll
• unfold

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of agglomerate

Noun

The merger between Penguin Random House (itself an agglomerate of two giant publishing corporations) and Simon & Schuster, for example, came as a result of the publishing industry’s ongoing struggles with Amazon. — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 22 Dec. 2020

Verb

Out there, the planetesimals are too sparse and move too slowly to find one another often, and therefore most have never agglomerated into planets. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2026

This theory makes definite predictions about the distribution of dark matter, but leaves great uncertainty in the rather messy physics whereby gas agglomerates and converts into stars. — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024

As adoption of cryptocurrency proliferates, the digital asset class has been agglomerated into one of America’s most mainstream institutions — divorce. — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Sep. 2024

But Krugman leads us further astray by agglomerating his data by state without noting the finer demographic points that might tell a different story. — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 10 Dec. 2019

The first human brain balls—aka cortical spheroids, aka neural organoids—agglomerated into existence just a few short years ago. — Megan Molteni, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2018