convergent

Definitions

Tending to move toward a common point or to approach a single limit.

Coming together from different directions to meet at a specific location or state.

Characterized by the independent evolution of similar features in species of different lineages.

Examples

The two companies reached a convergent strategy after months of intense negotiations.

Evolutionary biology often highlights convergent traits in species that occupy similar environmental niches.

Synonyms

meeting intersecting confluent joining uniting coincident approaching

Antonyms

divergent separating branching spreading parting dispersing dividing