What is another word for scatter?
Synonyms for scatter
ˈskæt ərscat·ter
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word scatter.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
scatter, spreadnoun
a haphazard distribution in all directions
Synonyms:
bed cover, spread head, cattle ranch, counterpane, banquet, spread, bedcover, scattering, cattle farm, spreading, bedspread, bed covering, spreadhead, feast, gap, paste, ranch, strewing, facing pagesscatter, scattering, strewingverb
the act of scattering
Synonyms:
scattering, sprinkle, strewing, sprinkling, dispersion, spreaddisperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatterverb
to cause to separate and go in different directions
"She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
Synonyms:
resolve, circulate, fragmentize, shoot, drive off, separate, spread, sever, interrupt, crash, dot, split up, pick, fool away, dismantle, circularise, break, spread out, break up, recess, disseminate, part, crock up, collapse, drive out, cut off, fragment, turn back, split, disperse, circularize, disrupt, chase away, drive away, fragmentise, frivol away, dissolve, dust, crack, pass around, sprinkle, fritter away, diffuse, broadcast, distribute, dissipate, propagate, fool, calve, break apart, disassemble, take apart, dispel, adjourn, fritter, crack up, decompose, break down, run offdisperse, dissipate, scatter, spread outverb
move away from each other
"The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
Synonyms:
fritter, rotate, unfold, circularise, dissipate, shoot, disseminate, pass around, sprinkle, spread, dot, spread out, frivol away, fool, fool away, broadcast, fan out, string out, open, circularize, expand, splay, break up, propagate, dust, fritter away, dispel, circulate, disperse, distribute, turn out, diffusescatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperseverb
distribute loosely
"He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
Synonyms:
circularise, dissipate, spit, pass around, sprinkle, spread, dot, spread out, diffuse, broadcast, disseminate, constellate, sparge, propagate, pitter-patter, splosh, circularize, break up, patter, dust, spatter, dispel, circulate, disperse, stud, splash, distribute, besprinklescatterverb
sow by scattering
"scatter seeds"
Synonyms:
break up, sprinkle, dust, disperse, dot, spread, dispel, dissipate, spread outbreak up, disperse, scatterverb
cause to separate
"break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
Synonyms:
fragmentise, fragmentize, decompose, collapse, spread, interrupt, crash, dot, split up, pick, dismantle, break up, circularize, recess, sprinkle, part, crock up, sever, cut off, fragment, split, disperse, separate, disrupt, pass around, dissolve, circularise, dust, crack, spread out, disassemble, break apart, distribute, diffuse, broadcast, calve, dissipate, propagate, break down, resolve, take apart, circulate, dispel, adjourn, break, crack up, disseminatespread, scatter, spread outverb
strew or distribute over an area
"He spread fertilizer over the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table"
Synonyms:
circularise, rotate, unfold, pass around, dissipate, overspread, disseminate, sprinkle, spread, dot, spread out, broadcast, open, fan out, string out, circularize, expand, break up, splay, go around, propagate, dust, dispel, circulate, disperse, distribute, turn out, diffuse
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
scatterverb
Synonyms:
strew, sprinkle, throw about looselyscatterverb
Synonyms:
dissipate, disperse, diffuse, distribute, spread
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
scatterverb
Synonyms:
dissipate, disperse, dispel, separate, intersperse
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "scatter":
dispersion, dispersal, disperse, sparsity, sparse, scattering
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#207 | part | |
#283 | open | |
#1618 | break | |
#1980 | waste | |
#2096 | pick | |
#2228 | separate | |
#2919 | spend | |
#2930 | dot | |
#3125 | spread | |
#3129 | expand | |
#3269 | portion | |
#3684 | split | |
#3856 | broadcast | |
#4114 | gap | |
#4224 | crack | |
#4498 | crash | |
#4566 | dust | |
#5175 | shoot | |
#5946 | ranch | |
#5981 | resolve | |
#6422 | stud | |
#6744 | paste | |
#6874 | distribute | |
#7052 | collapse | |
#7585 | fool | |
#8328 | divide | |
#8678 | spreading | |
#8684 | parcel | |
#10382 | banquet | |
#10900 | fragment | |
#11317 | feast | |
#11503 | splash | |
#11623 | interrupt | |
#12605 | scattering | |
#14225 | rotate | |
#14465 | dispersion | |
#17186 | spit | |
#19025 | sparse | |
#19568 | diffuse | |
#19598 | recess | |
#20130 | disseminate | |
#21160 | scatter | |
#21259 | sprinkle | |
#21915 | disrupt | |
#22476 | dissolve | |
#25927 | unfold | |
#26691 | circulate | |
#26952 | adjourn | |
#28071 | propagate | |
#28460 | dispersal | |
#32799 | sever | |
#35497 | dismantle | |
#36077 | disperse | |
#40623 | dispel | |
#45683 | bedspread | |
#46656 | decompose | |
#48046 | sprinkling | |
#49275 | dissipate | |
#50779 | disassemble | |
#61891 | patter | |
#80961 | squander | |
#88024 | splay | |
#90678 | sparsity | |
#102863 | spatter | |
#132311 | calve | |
#132897 | fritter | |
#143692 | counterpane | |
#184109 | overspread | |
#192301 | strew | |
#219972 | sparge | |
#303752 | strewing |
How to use scatter in a sentence?
Wise words are like seeds. The more you scatter them, the more they will grow into infinite gardens of knowledge.
Behold, the fool saith, Put not all thine eggs in the one basket, -- which is but a manner of saying, Scatter your money and your attention, but the wise man saith, Put all your eggs in the one basket and -- watch that basket.
In the smoke haze, the most abundant particles are around onemicrometre in size, but these particles do not change the colour of the light we see, there are also smaller particles, around 0.05 micrometres or less, that dont make up a lot of the haze but are still somewhat more abundant during a haze period [than a normal non-haze period]... but this is enough to give an extra tendency to scatter red light more in the forward and backward directions than blue light - and that is why would you see more red than blue.
If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot.
Most airports were not built to have people congregate at doors, and every time you stop people, you're interfering with what airports were supposed to be doing. You're trapping people in a line where if something did happen these people would not be able to scatter.
Translations for scatter
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- تفرق, نثرArabic
- zerstreuen, streuenGerman
- disĵetiEsperanto
- esparcir, desviar, dispersarSpanish
- پراکندن, پراکنده کردنPersian
- sirotella, sirottaa, sirotaFinnish
- dispersion, parsemer, se disperser, disperser, éparpillerFrench
- breac, frasScottish Gaelic
- dilazionarsi, disperdersi, sparpagliare, cospargere, deflettere, disperdereItalian
- לְפַזֵרHebrew
- 散らす, 散らかす, 播く, 散らばる, 散布, 散乱, 撒く, 蒔く, 散るJapanese
- 흩다, 흩어지다, 뿌리다Korean
- whakamararaMāori
- spreNorwegian
- uiteenspatten, verstrooien, uiteengaan, verspreidenDutch
- spreieNorwegian Nynorsk
- strøNorwegian
- dispersar, espalharPortuguese
- разбрызгивать, рассеивать, разбросать, разбрызгать, разбрасывать, рассеятьRussian
- strö, skingras, sprida, skingra, strö ut, beströSwedish
- చెల్లాచెదరుTelugu
- กระจายThai
- dağılmak, saçmak, serpiştirmek, yaymak, serpmek, savurmakTurkish
- tiêu tanVietnamese
- 分散Chinese
Get even more translations for scatter »
Translation
Find a translation for the scatter synonym in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"scatter." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/scatter>.
Discuss these scatter synonyms with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In