aggregative
Tending to cluster
Aggregative describes things that collect, combine, or accumulate into a whole.
An aggregative process gathers separate elements together.
Aggregative data pools information from multiple sources.
The term appears in technical contexts—economics, statistics, philosophy—where the distinction between individual components and their combined total matters: an aggregative approach to measuring social welfare.
Increasing by successive additions
- combinedMerged into one
- compositeMade of distinct parts
- assembledBrought together as group
- gatheredBrought into one place
pooled · amassed · compiled · collected · grouped · clustered · massed · accumulated
Mass of moving insects
- flockAnimals gathered together
- herdGrazing animals together
- schoolPlace of instruction
- crowdLarge public gathering
throng · mob · pack · horde · assembly · gathering · multitude · troop
Tending to bond
- integrativeCombining into a whole
- consolidatingCombining dispersed elements
- amalgamatingUniting into a whole
- synthesizingCombining elements into unity
merging · combining · fusing · blending · coalescing · incorporating · uniting · joining
cumulative
Increasing by successive additions
gathered · pooled · amassed · compiled · collected · grouped · clustered · massed · accumulated · bundled
swarm
Mass of moving insects
crowd · throng · mob · pack · horde · assembly · gathering · multitude · troop · assemblage
cohesive
Tending to bond
- integrativeCombining into a whole
- consolidatingCombining dispersed elements
- amalgamatingUniting into a whole
synthesizing · merging · combining · fusing · blending · coalescing · incorporating · uniting · joining · bonding
aggregativedistributive
Concerning fair division
dispersive · separative · divisive · fragmenting · scattering
aggregativedistributive
Concerning fair division
individualistic · atomistic · discrete · singular · itemized
aggregativedistributive
Concerning fair division
dispersive · scattering · diffusive · spreading · dissipative
- news aggregationCompiling reports from various sources
- data aggregationCombining separate information together