'Conglomeration' definitions:
Definition of 'conglomeration'
(from WordNet)
noun
A rounded spherical form [syn: conglomeration, conglobation]
noun
noun
An occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass [syn: conglomeration, conglobation]
Definition of 'Conglomeration'
From: GCIDE
- Conglomeration \Con*glom`er*a"tion\, n. [L. conglomeratio: cf. F. conglomeration.]
- 1. The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is conglomerated; a mixed mass; a hodgepodge. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'conglomeration'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accretion,
- accumulation,
- acervation,
- addition,
- adherence,
- adhesion,
- affiliation,
- agglomerate,
- agglomeration,
- agglutination,
- aggregate,
- aggregation,
- agreement,
- all sorts,
- alliance,
- amalgamation,
- amassment,
- Anschluss,
- articulation,
- assemblage,
- assimilation,
- association,
- assortment,
- blend,
- blending,
- block,
- body,
- bond,
- bracketing,
- breccia,
- broad spectrum,
- bunch,
- cabal,
- cake,
- cartel,
- centralization,
- chunk,
- cling,
- clinging,
- clot,
- clotting,
- clump,
- cluster,
- clustering,
- coagulation,
- coalescence,
- coalition,
- coherence,
- cohesion,
- cohesiveness,
- collectanea,
- collection,
- colluvies,
- combination,
- combine,
- combo,
- communication,
- compaction,
- composition,
- concatenation,
- concourse,
- concrete,
- concretion,
- concurrence,
- condensation,
- confederacy,
- confederation,
- confluence,
- congealment,
- congelation,
- congeries,
- conglobation,
- conglomerate,
- conjugation,
- conjunction,
- connection,
- consolidation,
- conspiracy,
- convergence,
- copulation,
- coupling,
- cumulation,
- ecumenism,
- embodiment,
- encompassment,
- enosis,
- federalization,
- federation,
- fusion,
- gallimaufry,
- gathering,
- glomeration,
- gob,
- hash,
- hoard,
- hodgepodge,
- hookup,
- hotchpot,
- hotchpotch,
- hunk,
- inclusion,
- incorporation,
- inseparability,
- integration,
- intercommunication,
- intercourse,
- interlinking,
- joinder,
- joining,
- jointure,
- jumble,
- junction,
- junta,
- knot,
- knotting,
- league,
- liaison,
- linkage,
- linking,
- lump,
- magpie,
- marriage,
- mash,
- mass,
- medley,
- meeting,
- melange,
- meld,
- melding,
- merger,
- merging,
- mess,
- mingle-mangle,
- miscellanea,
- miscellany,
- mishmash,
- mix,
- mixed bag,
- mixture,
- node,
- oddments,
- odds and ends,
- olio,
- olla podrida,
- omnium-gatherum,
- package,
- package deal,
- pairing,
- pasticcio,
- pastiche,
- patchwork,
- potpourri,
- salad,
- salmagundi,
- sauce,
- scramble,
- set,
- snowball,
- solid,
- solid body,
- solidification,
- splice,
- stew,
- sticking,
- stockpile,
- sundries,
- symbiosis,
- syncretism,
- syndication,
- syneresis,
- synthesis,
- tie,
- tie-in,
- tie-up,
- trove,
- unification,
- union,
- variety,
- wad,
- wedding,
- what you will,
- yoking