Definitions

collectively

[kuh-lek-tiv-lee] / kəˈlɛk tɪv li /

ADVERB

altogether

Synonyms

STRONGEST

en masse generally

STRONG

all

WEAK

all in all all things considered all told bodily by and large conjointly everything considered everything included for the most part in all in sum in toto on the whole taken together

Antonyms

WEAK

incompletely partly

ADVERB

bodily

Synonyms

WEAK

absolutely altogether as a body as a group completely en masse entirely fully wholly

ADVERB

en masse

Synonyms

WEAK

all at once as a body as a group as a whole as one communally cooperatively en bloc ensemble in a group in chorus in unison jointly together unanimously unitedly wholly with one voice

ADVERB

jointly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accordingly cooperatively in tandem mutually simultaneously together unitedly

STRONG

conjointly

WEAK

agreeably alike arm in arm coincidentally combined companionably concomitantly concurrently connectedly en masse hand in glove hand in hand harmoniously in a group in common in company with in concert in conjunction in league in partnership in unison inextricably inseparably intimately reciprocally side by side similarly synchronically with one another

Antonyms

WEAK

singly

ADVERB

synchronously

Synonyms

WEAK

all at once all together as one at one fell swoop closely coincidentally combined commonly concertedly concomitantly concurrently conjointly contemporaneously en masse hand in glove hand in hand in a body in concert in cooperation in one breath in sync in tandem in unison jointly mutually on the beat side by side simultaneously synchronically unanimously unitedly with one accord with one voice with the beat

ADVERB

together

Synonyms

STRONGEST

closely in tandem jointly simultaneously

STRONG

unitedly

WEAK

all together as one at one fell swoop coincidentally combined commonly concertedly concomitantly concurrently conjointly contemporaneously en masse hand in glove hand in hand in a body in concert in cooperation in one breath in sync in unison mutually on the beat side by side synchronically unanimously with one accord with one voice with the beat

Antonyms

WEAK

apart individually separately

ADVERB

unanimously

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly consistently universally

WEAK

agreeingly all together communally concertedly concorantly consensually cooperatively harmoniously in agreement in unison nem con nemine contradicente popularly undisputedly unitedly without dissent

Antonyms

WEAK

differently divergently opposite

Example Sentences

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Collectively people owe £4.79bn in unpaid bills and charges.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Collectively, SpaceX’s IPO and the anticipated size of OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s IPOs represent a roughly 5% increase in the U.S. stock market’s total market value.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

Collectively, Alphabet has raised around $60 billion in debt sales over the past four months, making it one of the biggest corporate borrowers on record in terms of single-year issuance.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Collectively, they are attacks on basic principles and norms of democracy, civility, decency, equality, fairness, and dignity that American civic life nominally rests on.

From Salon • May 26, 2026

“Me? Fine. 1 mean, yes it sucks, but you know. It’s not like I knew her. Collectively I spent maybe a couple of hours with her. Seriously, I’m cool.”

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

collectively

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