coalescence

1. 1.

   the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts

   Synonymscoalescencycoalitionconcretionconglutination

   Broaderunion

Other forms of coalescence

plural

coalescences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coalescence

What does coalescence mean?

coalescence means "the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts".

How many syllables are in coalescence?

coalescence has 4 syllables: co-a-les-cence. The stress falls on "les". In IPA it is /ˌkoʊəˈlɛsəns/.

What is another word for coalescence?

Close synonyms include coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coalescence a common word?

coalescence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with coalescence?

3 words rhyme with coalescence. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.