What are some opposite words for scatter?

Antonyms for scatter
ˈskæt ərscat·ter

This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term scatter.

English Synonyms and Antonyms2.7 / 3 votes

  1. scatter

    Antonyms:
    accumulate, aggregate, amass, collect, gather, heap up, hoard, hoard up, pile up, store up

    Synonyms:
    disperse, dissipate, divide, parcel, portion, spend, squander, waste

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.3 / 4 votes

  1. scatter

    Antonyms:
    collect, accumulate, heap, gather, save, husband

    Synonyms:
    strew, sprinkle, disperse, spread, broadcast, dissipate, disseminate, propagate, squander

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 3 votes

  1. 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 pages

  2. scatter, scattering, strewingverb

    the act of scattering

    Synonyms:
    scattering, sprinkle, strewing, sprinkling, dispersion, spread

  3. disperse, 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 off

  4. disperse, 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, diffuse

  5. scatter, 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, besprinkle

  6. scatterverb

    sow by scattering

    "scatter seeds"

    Synonyms:
    break up, sprinkle, dust, disperse, dot, spread, dispel, dissipate, spread out

  7. break 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, disseminate

  8. spread, 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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. scatterverb

    Synonyms:
    dissipate, disperse, dispel, separate, intersperse

How to use scatter in a sentence?

  1. Hau Kha:

    They fire artillery, there are often casualties and the civilians scatter into the jungle.

  2. Melanie Smith:

    It's almost like when you drop a jar of marbles, and they scatter and try and reconstitute in different places, what we see with that in the US is a movement towards old tech platforms and places where these accounts know that they're not going to be moderated.

  3. Ina Garten:

    Lemon, garlic, onions up the chicken, thyme, salt and pepper, all that, you scatter onions around the chicken, but you pack them in really tight into the tray. And then you roast them really high for about an hour and 20 minutes and they're done and they're perfect.

  4. Carolyn Orbann:

    I saw a report from Missouri where I guess normally they would throw dry corn into each other's houses, it said,' the price of corn is too high for us to scatter the dry corn.' So the kids scattered the white fuzz that comes off of cattails around ponds.

  5. Saadi Shirazi:

    Be thou generous, and gentle, and forgiving; as God hath scattered upon thee, scatter thou upon others.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#400save
#3301husband
#4363collect
#7024aggregate
#7501gather
#14364heap
#19230accumulate
#21160scatter
#42868hoard
#70820amass

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