Synonyms of conglomerates

conglomerates 1 of 2

noun

plural of conglomerate

as in corporations

a group of businesses or enterprises under one control

the huge media conglomerate owns TV and radio stations, a cable company, and a movie studio

Synonyms & Similar Words

• corporations
• empires
• organizations
• multinationals
• cartels
• syndicates
• associations
• chains
• trusts
• combinations
• pools
• combines

conglomerates

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of conglomerate

1

as in gathers

to come together into one body or place

people conglomerated in the downtown streets for an impromptu victory celebration

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gathers
• converges
• clusters
• meets
• assembles
• rendezvouses
• clubs
• affiliates
• allies
• congregates
• gets together
• concentrates
• convenes
• concenters
• joins
• forgathers
• couples
• merges
• collects
• associates
• caucuses
• cooperates
• consorts
• federates
• collaborates
• gangs up
• bands (together)
• consolidates
• confederates
• unites
• conjoins
• regathers
• reassembles
• remeets
• reconvenes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breaks up
• splits (up)
• leaves
• disperses
• takes off
• disbands
• departs
• dissociates
• disjoins
• disunites

2

as in accumulates

to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass

over the years the town's discarded junk conglomerated at the bottom of the river

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accumulates
• masses
• gathers
• piles (up)
• concentrates
• banks
• collects
• clumps
• stacks (up)
• accretes
• builds up
• amasses
• drifts
• lumps
• ridges
• agglutinates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dissipates
• disperses
• scatters

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of conglomerates

Noun

Two states – Arkansas and Tennessee – have enacted laws that would ban conglomerates from simultaneously managing prescription benefits and running retail and mail-order pharmacies. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026

Compared to major tech conglomerates, Democratic proposals such as pausing data center approvals place significantly greater pressure on emerging cloud service providers like CoreWeave. — CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026

In fact, many luxury conglomerates and brands — Hugo Boss, Kering, Zegna, and Hermès included — cited the US as bright spot in their latest quarterly earnings. — Vogue Business, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026

The split does, however, mark a major step back from the widespread trend to integrate various parts of the healthcare industry – including insurers, pharmacy benefit managers and providers – into massive conglomerates. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026

The cattle conglomerates came first, and with them came alfalfa. — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026

In the late nineteenth century, two brothers, Gerard and Anton Philips, started an incandescent-bulb outfit that would eventually become one of the largest electronics conglomerates in the world. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

The merged media conglomerates will now operate under one entity as Skydance, and means that Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and HBO Max’s Last Week Tonight With John Oliver are now run by the same corporation. — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026

Its members are independent producers, with no studios, conglomerates or state bodies involved. — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026