CONSOLIDATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CONSOLIDATE?

Need another word that means the same as “consolidate”? Find 24 synonyms and 30 related words for “consolidate” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Consolidate” are: strengthen, make stronger, make secure, secure, make stable, stabilize, reinforce, fortify, tighten, harden, stiffen, cement, enhance, combine, unite, merge, integrate, amalgamate, fuse, blend, mingle, marry, synthesize, bring together

Consolidate as a Verb

Definitions of "Consolidate" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “consolidate” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Combine (a number of things) into a single more effective or coherent whole.
• Combine (separate pieces of legislation) into a single legislative act.
• Form into a solid mass or whole.
• Combine (a number of financial accounts or funds) into a single overall account or set of accounts.
• Make firm or secure; strengthen.
• Bring together into a single whole or system.
• Unite into one.
• Make (something) physically stronger or more solid.
• Make or form into a solid or hardened mass.
• Strengthen (one's position or power.

Synonyms of "Consolidate" as a verb (24 Words)

amalgamate	Combine or unite to form one organization or structure. Numerous small British railway companies amalgamated.
blend	Blend or harmonize. She would have to employ a permanent bodyguard in the house someone who would blend in.
bring together	Bestow a quality on.
cement	Cover or coat with cement. Wooden posts were cemented into the ground.
combine	Combine so as to form a whole mix. Groups of teachers combined to tackle a variety of problems.
enhance	Make better or more attractive. This will enhance your enjoyment.
fortify	Add spirits to (wine) to make port, sherry, or a similar drink. Most commercial brands of almond milk are fortified with vitamins A, D, B2, B12, calcium, and zinc.
fuse	Equip with a fuse provide with a fuse. When fired in a special kiln the metals fused on to the pot.
harden	Cause to accept or become hardened to habituate. Wait for the glue to harden.
integrate	Become one become integrated. Cities efforts to integrate.
make secure	Act in a certain way so as to acquire.
make stable	Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.
make stronger	Appear to begin an activity.
marry	Join in marriage. They had no plans to marry.
merge	Combine or cause to combine to form a single entity. We merged our resources.
mingle	Move among and engage with others at a social function. Resourcefully he mingled music and dance.
reinforce	Strengthen (a military force) with additional personnel or equipment. Let s reinforce good behavior.
secure	Seek to guarantee repayment of (a loan) by having a right to take possession of an asset in the event of non-payment. The government is concerned to secure the economy against too much foreign ownership.
stabilize	Become stable or more stable. His condition appears to have stabilized.
stiffen	Severely restrict in scope or extent. Outrage over the murders stiffened the government s resolve to confront the Mafia.
strengthen	Make strong or stronger. Strengthen the relations between the two countries.
synthesize	Make (something) by synthesis, especially chemically. Pupils should synthesize the data they have gathered.
tighten	Make or become tight or tighter. He tightened up the clips.
unite	Act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief. His work unites theory and practice.

Usage Examples of "Consolidate" as a verb

• The first phase of the project is to consolidate the outside walls.
• Consolidated accounts.
• The companies consolidated.
• The company consolidated its position in the international market.
• The Companies Act 1948 and subsequent enactments were consolidated by the Companies Act 1985.
• The mud had consolidated overnight.
• Consolidate one's hold on first place.
• Consolidate fibers into boards.
• All manufacturing activities have been consolidated in new premises.
• Consolidate one's gains.
• The town and county schools are being consolidated.

Associations of "Consolidate" (30 Words)

allied	United in a confederacy or league. The allied fleet.
amalgamate	Combine or unite to form one organization or structure. Amalgamated zinc.
annex	An addition to a document. The school s one storey wooden annex.
coalesce	Fuse or cause to grow together. His idea served to coalesce all that happened into one connected whole.
coalesced	Joined together into a whole.
coalescing	Growing together, fusing.
coeducation	Education of men and women in the same institutions.
cohesive	Characterized by or causing cohesion. Family life can be a cohesive force in society.
combine	Combine so as to form a whole mix. Oxygen and hydrogen do not combine at room temperatures.
combined	Made or joined or united into one.
commingle	Mix or blend. The part of the brain where the senses commingle.
concerted	Jointly arranged or carried out; coordinated. You must make a concerted effort to curb this.
confederacy	A union of political organizations. The Yakuza is a secret confederacy of criminal fraternities.
consolidation	The action or process of combining a number of things into a single more effective or coherent whole. A consolidation of two corporations.
converge	(of lines) tend to meet at a point. The lines converge at this point.
federate	Relating to a federated state or organization. In 1901 the six colonies federated to form the Commonwealth of Australia.
incorporation	Learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself. A law allowing incorporation as a company.
integrate	Become one become integrated. Transport planning should be integrated with energy policy.
integration	The action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community. Integration is the best hope for both black and white Americans.
meld	A thing formed by melding a combination. A meld of many contributions.
merge	Become one. He agreed to merge his broadcasting company with a multinational concern.
reunify	Unify again, as of a country. Will Korea reunify.
solidify	Make solid or more solid cause to solidify. Social and political pressures helped to solidify national identities.
syndicate	Sell a horse to a syndicate. Large scale buyouts involving a syndicate of financial institutions.
synthesis	The process of making compound and derivative words. The synthesis of intellect and emotion in his work.
unify	Bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation. The government hoped to centralize and unify the nation.
union	A device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties typically in the upper inner corner. The union movement.
unite	Be or become joined or united or linked. She unites charm with a good business sense.
united	Of or relating to two people who are married to each other. Presented a united front.
weld	A welded joint. The truck had spikes welded to the back.