AGGLOMERATE Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

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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

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Recent Examples of agglomerate

Noun

While the sculptures are agglomerates and amalgams of ordinary objects, the videos are short vignettes, narrative monologues from the point of view of the timeline’s protagonists: the child, the parent, the lover, the patient, the widow. —

Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025 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 The current autonomous mobility systems for planetary exploration are wheeled rovers, limited to flat, gently-sloping terrains and agglomerate regolith. —

IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2021 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

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That's because, while garlic is a delicious food that adds rich flavor to your favorite recipes, this pungent plant can also repel an assortment of common garden pests, from aphids to deer.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2026
Offering a limited assortment of two- to four-bedroom homes for sale, along with a penthouse collection, ranging from approximately 1,702 to 11,540 square feet, Park Elm developed its wine program in response to a clear shift in how today’s luxury buyers are engaging with wine.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2026