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
Relevance
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
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
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
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of conglomerates
Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Also included is a look at Netflix, whose financials are also not directly comparable to those of the studio units of entertainment conglomerates.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026
As media companies consolidated and streaming replaced physical media revenue, most of these distributors disappeared or were absorbed into larger conglomerates.
—Ted Hope, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
The automaker’s ownership and returns from bankruptcy have included several wealthy businessmen, Ford, Kuwaiti conglomerates and Mercedes-Benz.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
There’s a reason conglomerates invest years into supply chain logistics before scaling globally.
—Essence, 3 Mar. 2026
Androulakis, on the other hand, worked in product development for a handful of conglomerates.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 27 Feb. 2026
But the idea that throwing a little money at them might begin to erase the environmental harm wrought by two vast global conglomerates is beyond absurd.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
Disney’s rivals not only include traditional media conglomerates like Comcast that make their money by producing and distributing films and TV shows, but streaming giants such as Netflix that have transformed the way that people watch them.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
Also part of the consortium is David Blitzer’s Bolt Ventures, as well as Indian conglomerates Aditya Birla Group and The Times of India Group.
—Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Also included is a look at Netflix, whose financials are also not directly comparable to those of the studio units of entertainment conglomerates.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026
As media companies consolidated and streaming replaced physical media revenue, most of these distributors disappeared or were absorbed into larger conglomerates.
—Ted Hope, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
The automaker’s ownership and returns from bankruptcy have included several wealthy businessmen, Ford, Kuwaiti conglomerates and Mercedes-Benz.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
There’s a reason conglomerates invest years into supply chain logistics before scaling globally.
—Essence, 3 Mar. 2026
Androulakis, on the other hand, worked in product development for a handful of conglomerates.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 27 Feb. 2026
But the idea that throwing a little money at them might begin to erase the environmental harm wrought by two vast global conglomerates is beyond absurd.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
Disney’s rivals not only include traditional media conglomerates like Comcast that make their money by producing and distributing films and TV shows, but streaming giants such as Netflix that have transformed the way that people watch them.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conglomerates
Noun
-
Since then, the larger culture has lurched rightward, with big corporations abandoning progressive signaling in favor of…other priorities.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
-
Meta and Google, among the world’s wealthiest corporations, have the resources to sustain prolonged and costly legal battles.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
-
Neal Kumar, Polymarket's chief legal officer, center, gathers with others during the bar's opening.—
Gary Grumbach,
NBC news,
21 Mar. 2026
-
Quick, tight, and dense, TDS gathers the latest automotive news bubbling around the globe and places it all in one spot.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
-
Night after night, that disrupted rest accumulates.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
-
Anytime power accumulates without accountability — regardless of who holds it — it is abused.—
Rachel O'Leary Carmona,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
That will not be achieved with our current focus on military strength and power as well as economic domination — only an uneasy peace, until toppled by resistance and rebellion, as all the great empires have been in the past.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
-
Indonesia’s richest man, Michael Bambang Hartono, who helped turn the Djarum cigarette company into one of the country’s largest business empires and later became a controlling shareholder of Bank Central Asia, Indonesia’s biggest private lender, died Thursday.—
Niniek Karmini,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
-
Others were looking ahead to Geneva next month, when the industry converges for Watches and Wonders and the constellation of satellite events that now orbit it.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
30 Mar. 2026
-
Pop culture converges at Bartle Hall this weekend with the return of Planet Comicon Kansas City.—
Joseph Hernandez
March 25,
Kansas City Star,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
-
Liquidity cluster Wells Fargo added that most liquidity already clusters around the market open and close, making the idea of stretching trading hours even further counterproductive.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
16 Dec. 2025
-
These two effects, together — of galaxies moving with varying speeds through environments of varying densities — make rich galaxy clusters the ideal environments to find galaxies that experience the greatest amounts of stripping from within them.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Nov. 2025
Verb
-
The Arab Media Forum, scheduled for April, has been postponed to September 2026, with organizers saying the decision was taken to ensure the event meets its scale and ambition.—
Emma Graham,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
-
Dinner in Carrick goes elevated at The Oarsman, a modern Irish standout, or cozier at The Red Bank, where local produce meets a candlelit garden setting.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
-
The group assembles in a staggered formation and uses hand signals to communicate road hazards and turns.—
Brenda Miranda,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
-
The track assembles into a classic floor-filler.—
Jesse Dorris,
Pitchfork,
25 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Conglomerates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conglomerates. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
