commingle

verb

com·min·gle kə-ˈmiŋ-gəl

kä-

commingled; commingling; commingles

Synonyms of commingle next

transitive verb

: to blend thoroughly into a harmonious whole

… that fine and funny book, in which horror and laughter are commingled …—

William Styron

: to combine (funds or properties) into a common fund or stock

Proceeds from the sale have been commingled with other funds.

intransitive verb

: to become commingled

Choose the Right Synonym for commingle

mix, mingle, commingle, blend, merge, coalesce, amalgamate, fuse mean to combine into a more or less uniform whole.

mix may or may not imply loss of each element's identity.

mix the salad greens

mix a drink

mingle usually suggests that the elements are still somewhat distinguishable or separately active.

fear mingled with anticipation in my mind

commingle implies a closer or more thorough mingling.

a sense of duty commingled with a fierce pride drove her

blend implies that the elements as such disappear in the resulting mixture.

blended several teas to create a balanced flavor

merge suggests a combining in which one or more elements are lost in the whole.

in his mind reality and fantasy merged

coalesce implies an affinity in the merging elements and usually a resulting organic unity.

telling details that coalesce into a striking portrait

amalgamate implies the forming of a close union without complete loss of individual identities.

refugees who were readily amalgamated into the community

fuse stresses oneness and indissolubility of the resulting product.

a building in which modernism and classicism are fused

Examples of commingle in a Sentence

Fact and fiction commingle in the story. He commingled his personal funds with money from the business.

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Certainly, there was solace in the gathering that Saturday night, where the reverence of diehard Lynch obsessives seemed to commingle, excitingly, with a newbie’s sense of bafflement and discovery. —

Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2025 Sensible statements, like expressing concern that additives pose potential health dangers, commingle with conspiracy theories. —

Brooke Redmond, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025 On the surfaces of her paintings and drawings, handwritten snippets of conversation, descriptions of smells, and accounts of human interactions commingle with timelines and statistics referencing historical events and socioeconomic data. —

Mara Hoberman, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025 This is ingenious because the Public Campaign Financing statute does not require non-public funds (funds raised by the campaign) and public funds (funds campaigns receive from the Public Campaign Finance Program) be kept in separate accounts — meaning those funds are commingled. —

Ryan Silverstein, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for commingle