CONGERIES

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

Synonyms:

aggregate; congeries; conglomeration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("congeries" is a kind of...):

sum; sum total; summation (the final aggregate)

Meronyms (members of "congeries"):

plankton (the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water)

nekton (the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales)