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scatter

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of scatter

1 to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart
  • the noise of the backfiring car scattered the pigeons
Synonyms of scatter

clear out, disband, dispel, disperse, dissipate, squander
Words Related to scatter

break up, isolate, part, segregate, separate, split (up)

diffuse, disseminate, diverge, spread
Near Antonyms of scatter

agglutinate, conglomerate

unify, unite
Antonyms of scatter

assemble, cluster, collect, concentrate, congregate, gather, ingather
2 to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on
  • the hillside was scattered with boulders deposited by the last ice age
Synonyms of scatter

bestrew, dot, pepper, sow, spot, spray, sprinkle, strew
Words Related to scatter

blanket, drizzle, dust

stud

dapple, fleck, speckle, stipple

bespatter, spatter
3 to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole
  • these drunken revelers will quickly scatter when the police arrive
Synonyms of scatter

disassemble, disperse, dissipate, dissolve
Words Related to scatter

branch (out), break up, disband, diverge, divide, fork, separate, spill

clear, disappear, evanesce, evaporate, fade, flee, go (away), melt
Near Antonyms of scatter

congregate, gather, meet

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