lumps together

Verb

lump together (third-person singular simple present lumps together, present participle lumping together, simple past and past participle lumped together)

1. To put different items or groups together and regard or treat them as one single group (either knowingly or unknowingly, and either advisedly or unadvisedly).
   • Near-synonyms: combine; aggregate

   Synonyms:

   combine, aggregate

   Antonyms:

   separate, segregate, sequester, differentiate, distinguish