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Antonyms for diffuse
dɪˈfyuz; -ˈfyusdif·fuse

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  1. diffuse

    Antonyms:
    brief, compact, compendious, concise, condensed, laconic, neat, pithy, sententious, short, succinct, terse

    Synonyms:
    lengthy, long, prolix, tedious, verbose, wordy

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. diffuse

    Antonyms:
    laconic, epigrammatic, terse, condensed

    Synonyms:
    discursive, prolix, verbose, diluted, copious

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. diffuseadjective

    spread out; not concentrated in one place

    "a large diffuse organization"

    Antonyms:
    concentrated, concise

    Synonyms:
    diffused, soft

  2. soft, diffuse, diffusedadjective

    (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected

    Antonyms:
    concentrated, concise

    Synonyms:
    cushy, indulgent, mild, piano, balmy, easy, voiced, soft, delicate, flabby, subdued, lenient, flaccid, gentle, sonant, easygoing, diffused

  3. diffuseverb

    lacking conciseness

    "a diffuse historical novel"

    Antonyms:
    concentrated, concise

    Synonyms:
    diffused, soft

  4. diffuse, spread, spread out, fan outverb

    move outward

    "The soldiers fanned out"

    Antonyms:
    concise, concentrated

    Synonyms:
    unfold, circularise, dissipate, penetrate, riddle, overspread, disseminate, pass around, spread, spread out, go around, broadcast, turn out, fan out, scatter, distribute, imbue, circularize, expand, permeate, splay, open, propagate, rotate, pervade, disperse, circulate, string out, interpenetrate

  5. permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddleverb

    spread or diffuse through

    "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"

    Antonyms:
    concise, concentrated

    Synonyms:
    fall into place, circulate, spread, infiltrate, interpenetrate, sink in, soak, penetrate, bottom, disperse, circularize, propagate, pass around, riddle, spread out, filter, come home, disseminate, perforate, dawn, hue, click, broadcast, screen, distribute, percolate, fan out, circularise, get across, fathom, imbue, get through, permeate, pervade

  6. circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass aroundverb

    cause to become widely known

    "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

    Antonyms:
    concentrated, concise

    Synonyms:
    circulate, beam, shell out, fan out, lot, spread, mobilize, pervade, pass on, dish out, dissipate, deal out, allot, dot, overspread, break up, dispense, interpenetrate, dole out, unfold, penetrate, deal, parcel out, disperse, circularize, administer, give out, spread out, open, go around, pass around, sprinkle, hand out, mete out, dispel, mobilise, broadcast, distribute, pass out, propagate, scatter, transmit, air, circularise, send, riddle, dust, stagger, imbue, permeate, disseminate, circle

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  1. diffuseadjective

    Synonyms:
    copious, full, verbose, prolix

How to use diffuse in a sentence?

  1. Robert Muggah:

    There is something qualitatively different about terrorist organizations and their dynamics today because they are more diffuse and widely distributed and may materialize where you don't expect them.

  2. Jonathan Davis:

    These telescopes were designed to look for diffuse light around galaxies. Not in the context of dark matter, but you can repurpose the data to look for this glow, [The Dragonfly telescopes] are really good at looking for this high contrast between the really bright galactic center and the really dim outskirts of galaxies.

  3. Hejiu Hui:

    We found a new mechanism that solar-wind hydrogen can diffuse into the glass beads and thus identified a new water reservoir on the Moon, on the other hand, impact glass beads are distributed in the regolith globally on the Moon. Therefore, the impact glass beads can be replenished with water on the Moon’s surface and can sustain the lunar surface water cycle.

  4. Attorney General Loretta Lynch:

    Our nation faces a host of serious, varied and evolving challenges. Our highest priority must always be the security of our homeland, and we are acting aggressively to diffuse threats, we continue to investigate and apprehend those who seek to harm us, including upwards of 70 individuals charged since 2013 for conduct related to foreign fighter activity, and home-grown violent extremism.

  5. Darby Hoover:

    A lot of people think of an island of floating garbage, people envision that there are forms of an island you can see on Google Earth -- it's much more diffuse than that.

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#2436brief
#3048compact
#10268concentrated
#10534neat
#11861condensed
#12782concise
#19568diffuse
#41810succinct
#54494terse
#68234pithy
#103727laconic
#273950sententious
#309329compendious
#312292epigrammatic

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