Synonyms of conglomerate

conglomerate 1 of 3

noun

kən-ˈgläm-rət 

as in empire

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

• empire
• corporation
• organization
• multinational
• cartel
• syndicate
• chain
• association
• combination
• trust
• combine
• pool

conglomerate

2 of 3

verb

kən-ˈglä-mə-ˌrāt 

1

as in to gather

to come together into one body or place

people conglomerated in the downtown streets for an impromptu victory celebration

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gather
• meet
• converge
• rendezvous
• assemble
• cluster
• get together
• merge
• convene
• forgather
• join
• concentrate
• congregate
• concenter
• affiliate
• collect
• foregather
• club
• consolidate
• cooperate
• confederate
• couple
• collaborate
• unite
• associate
• ally
• consort
• band (together)
• gang up
• federate
• caucus
• conjoin
• reassemble
• reconvene
• remeet
• regather

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• split (up)
• disband
• disperse
• break up
• leave
• take off
• depart
• dissociate
• disunite
• disjoin

2

as in to accumulate

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

• accumulate
• gather
• concentrate
• collect
• amass
• mass
• build up
• pile (up)
• stack (up)
• lump
• accrete
• ridge
• drift
• bank
• clump
• agglutinate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disperse
• dissipate
• scatter

conglomerate

3 of 3

adjective

as in composite

Synonyms & Similar Words

• composite
• hybrid
• amalgamated
• merged
• combined
• incorporated
• fused
• blended
• intermixed
• intermingled
• commingled
• various
• mingled
• conglomerated
• diverse
• unclassified
• disparate
• dishevelled
• jumbled
• unsorted
• chaotic
• disordered
• sundry
• muddled
• messy
• cluttered
• commixed
• divergent
• littered
• disarranged
• disheveled
• multifarious
• disarrayed
• multiplex
• multiple
• heterogeneous
• miscellaneous
• farraginous
• assorted
• confused
• manifold
• messed
• myriad
• eclectic
• kitchen-sink
• patchwork
• indiscriminate
• mixed
• promiscuous
• varied
• raggle-taggle
• magpie
• motley
• ragtag
• piebald

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• homogeneous
• uniform
• same
• like
• monolithic
• identical
• individual
• separate
• distinct
• distinctive
• alike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of conglomerate

Noun

Their father Don was president of the family’s Hyatt hotel chain, turning it into an international conglomerate, and in 2014, Penny Pritzker founded PSP Partners, which owns a large portfolio of real estate, marketing and information technology businesses. —Andy Rose, CNN Money, 6 May 2025

Emanuel stepped down as Endeavor CEO this past March as part of a $25 billion go-private deal that resulted in Endeavor taking a new public-facing name, that of WME Group, a conglomerate of which Emanuel is currently executive chairman. —News Desk, Artforum, 1 May 2025

Verb

At a societal level, cars can track where people go en masse, what roads are important, when people conglomerate, and the health of infrastructure. —Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 8 July 2024

The brewery was eventually nationalized under former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, conglomerating with Pyramid brewery in the 1960s. —Steve Hindy, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2015

Adjective

More striking is conglomerate Danaher (DHR), whose commons yield a paltry 0.4% while its Series B Preferreds dole out a cool 5%. —Brett Owens, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022

Record first-quarter earnings of $200 million at engineering conglomerate DMCI Holdings lifted the fortune of Isidro Consunji and siblings by 47% to $2.65 billion. —Forbes Press Releases, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022