8 definitions found for congeries

Congeries CONGERIES, n. [L., to bring together, to amass; to bear.] A collection of several particles or bodies in one mass or aggregate.

congeries n 1: a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together [syn: aggregate, congeries, conglomeration]

congeries noun (plural congeries) Etymology: Latin, from congerere Date: circa 1619 aggregation, collection

congeries
n. (pl. same) a disorderly collection; a mass or heap.
Etymology: L, formed as congest

congeries kɔnˈdʒɪəri:z n. (pl. same) a disorderly collection; a mass or heap. [L, formed as congest]

Congeries Con*ge"ri*es, n. sing & pl. [L., fr. congerere. See Congest.] A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation.

congeries n. Aggregate, aggregation, agglomeration, conglomeration, compages, compage, crowd, cluster, crowded series.

115 Moby Thesaurus words for "congeries": Anschluss, accumulation, acervation, addition, affiliation, agglomerate, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregate, aggregation, agreement, alliance, amalgamation, amassment, articulation, assemblage, assembly, assimilation, association, blend, blending, bond, bracketing, cabal, cartel, centralization, chunk, clustering, coalescence, coalition, collection, combination, combine, combo, communication, company, composition, concatenation, concourse, concurrence, confederacy, confederation, confluence, conglobation, conglomerate, conglomeration, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, conspiracy, convergence, copulation, coupling, cumulation, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, federalization, federation, fusion, gathering, glomeration, gob, group, hookup, hunk, inclusion, incorporation, integration, intercommunication, intercourse, interlinking, joinder, joining, jointure, junction, junta, knotting, league, liaison, linkage, linking, lump, marriage, mass, meeting, meld, melding, merger, merging, muster, package, package deal, pairing, ruck, snowball, solidification, splice, stockpile, symbiosis, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tie, tie-in, tie-up, unification, union, wad, wedding, yoking