commingle

verb

com·​min·​gle kə-ˈmiŋ-gəl 

kä-

commingled; commingling; commingles

transitive verb

1

: to blend thoroughly into a harmonious whole

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

—William Styron

2

: 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

Synonyms

• amalgamate
• blend
• combine
• comingle
• commix
• composite
• concrete
• conflate
• fuse
• homogenize
• immingle
• immix
• incorporate
• integrate
• interfuse
• intermingle
• intermix
• meld
• merge
• mingle
• mix

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

This space serves a variety of uses and welcomes anyone to sit, relax and comfortably commingle. 4. —Sharron Van Der Meulen, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024

Everson charts parallels between these men’s labors; their transmissions are shot through with the specificities of history, commingling gestures of labor and protest. —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024

In these years, streaming technology helped fracture pop conventions by allowing genres to commingle. —Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024

But those improvements have yet to reach the cyber-realm, where civilian and government networks are commingled and defensive and offensive tools are often indistinguishable. —Susan Hennessey, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2017

Word History

Etymology

com- + mingle

First Known Use

1612, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Kids Definition

commingle

verb

com·​min·​gle kə-ˈmiŋ-gəl 

: to mix together : mingle

Legal Definition

commingle

verb

com·​min·​gle kə-ˈmiŋ-gəl, kä- 

commingled; commingling

transitive verb

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

intransitive verb

: to become commingled