compound

Adjective

• composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony
  • coral is a colonial organism
    

• consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts
  • soap is a compound substance
    
  • housetop is a compound word
    
  • a blackberry is a compound fruit
    

• composed of more than one part
  • compound leaves are composed of several lobes
    
  • compound flower heads
    

Noun

• an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)

• (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

• a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts

Verb

• combine so as to form a whole; mix
  • compound the ingredients
    

• create by mixing or combining

• calculate principal and interest

• put or add together
  • combine resources
    

• make more intense, stronger, or more marked
  • The efforts were intensified, Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
    
  • Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness
    
  • This event only deepened my convictions
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  colonial , chemical compound , combine , intensify , heighten , deepen
• Antonyms: 
  simple , unsubdivided