conglomeration

1. 1.

   a rounded spherical form

   Synonymsconglobation

   Broadersphere
2. 2.

   a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

   Synonymsaggregatecongeries

   Broadersum
3. 3.

   an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass

   Synonymsconglobation

   Broadercombining

Other forms of conglomeration

plural

conglomerations·

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 conglomeration

What does conglomeration mean?

conglomeration means "a rounded spherical form". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in conglomeration?

conglomeration has 5 syllables: con-glo-me-ra-tion. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /kənˌɡlɑmɚˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for conglomeration?

Close synonyms include conglobation, aggregate, congeries, conglobation. 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 conglomeration a common word?

conglomeration 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 conglomeration?

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