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Synonyms for circulate
ˈsɜr kyəˌleɪtcir·cu·late

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. circulateverb

    Synonyms:
    spread, disseminate, put about

  2. circulateverb

    to move in circles or through a circuit

    Synonyms:
    put about, spread, disseminate

  3. circulateverb

    to cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit

    Synonyms:
    disseminate, spread, put about

  4. circulateverb

    to move from person to person, as at a party

    Synonyms:
    put about, disseminate, spread

  5. circulateverb

    to spread or disseminate

    Synonyms:
    disseminate, spread, put about

  6. circulateverb

    to become widely known

    Synonyms:
    disseminate, spread, put about

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.7 / 3 votes

  1. circulate

    To announce is to give intelligence of in some formal or public way. We may announce that which has occurred or that which is to occur, tho the word is chiefly used in the anticipative sense; we announce a book when it is in press, a guest when he arrives. We advertise our business, communicate our intentions, enunciate our views; we notify an individual, give notice to the public. Declare has often an authoritative force; to declare war is to cause war to be, where before there may have been only hostilities; we say declare war, proclaim peace. We propound a question or an argument, promulgate the views of a sect or party, or the decision of a court, etc. We report an interview, reveal a secret, herald the coming of some distinguished person or great event. Publish, in popular usage, is becoming closely restricted to the sense of issuing through the press; we announce a book that is to be published.

    Synonyms:
    advertise, announce, communicate, declare, enunciate, give notice (of), give out, herald, make known, notify, proclaim, promulgate, propound, publish, report, reveal, say, spread abroad, state, tell

    Antonyms:
    bury, conceal, cover (up), hide, hush, keep back, keep secret, secrete, suppress, withhold

    Preposition:
    The event was announced to the family by telegraph.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. circulate

    Synonyms:
    disseminate, disuse, propagate, publish, notify, spread, travel

    Antonyms:
    suppress, avert, hush, cease, stagnate

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. go around, spread, circulateverb

    become widely known and passed on

    "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"

    Synonyms:
    fan out, unfold, circularise, outflank, overspread, disseminate, pass around, spread, distribute, spread out, broadcast, mobilize, get around, revolve, circle, mobilise, open, scatter, circularize, pass on, short-circuit, go around, propagate, rotate, disperse, bypass, diffuse

  2. 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"

    Synonyms:
    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, diffuse, broadcast, distribute, pass out, propagate, scatter, transmit, air, circularise, send, riddle, dust, stagger, imbue, permeate, disseminate, circle

  3. circulate, pass around, pass on, distributeverb

    cause be distributed

    "This letter is being circulated among the faculty"

    Synonyms:
    shell out, lot, spread, mobilize, pass on, dish out, hand out, deal out, allot, progress, reach, communicate, dispense, advance, dole out, disseminate, deal, parcel out, disperse, circularize, administer, give, go on, give out, go around, pass around, pass, move on, pass along, mete out, mobilise, impart, diffuse, broadcast, put across, distribute, turn over, propagate, leave, pass out, relegate, circularise, march on, stagger, submit, hand, circle

  4. circulateverb

    move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

    "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate"

    Synonyms:
    distribute, go around, mobilise, pass on, circularise, diffuse, circle, disperse, propagate, pass around, spread, disseminate, circularize, broadcast, mobilize

  5. circle, circulateverb

    move in circles

    Synonyms:
    pass on, circularise, pass around, disseminate, spread, diffuse, go around, broadcast, circle, mobilise, circularize, encircle, mobilize, propagate, disperse, distribute

  6. circulateverb

    cause to move in a circuit or system

    "The fan circulates the air in the room"

    Synonyms:
    distribute, go around, mobilise, pass on, circularise, diffuse, circle, disperse, propagate, pass around, spread, disseminate, circularize, broadcast, mobilize

  7. circulateverb

    move around freely

    "She circulates among royalty"

    Synonyms:
    distribute, go around, mobilise, pass on, circularise, diffuse, circle, disperse, propagate, pass around, spread, disseminate, circularize, broadcast, mobilize

  8. mobilize, mobilise, circulateverb

    cause to move around

    "circulate a rumor"

    Synonyms:
    summon, circularise, disseminate, pass around, marshal, spread, diffuse, go around, broadcast, circle, mobilise, circularize, pass on, call up, mobilize, propagate, disperse, distribute, rally

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. spread the wordverb

    to spread the word means to get people to be aware of something. to make them pay attention. to advertise, broadcast, blazon, and circulate have extremely similar meanings.

    the human rights organization is bringing awareness to the world.

    Submitted by noemailfromme on February 8, 2022  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. circulateverb

    Synonyms:
    move round, move in a circle

  2. circulateverb

    Synonyms:
    spread, be diffused, have currency

  3. circulateverb

    Synonyms:
    spread, diffuse, disseminate, promulgate, propagate, give currency to, spread abroad

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. circulateverb

    Synonyms:
    disseminate, promulgate, diffuse

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "circulate":

    distribute, disseminate, circular, move

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How to use circulate in a sentence?

  1. William Schaffner:

    I promise you as the season goes on, there are other strains circulating or will circulate as we get in January and February, although the vaccine is not perfect, it is still pretty good.

  2. Christina Johns:

    We are starting to see a slow and steady trickle of an increase of cases. And why is that ? Well, because this is the time of year when we typically start to see influenza begin to circulate, but why aren't we seeing the explosive uptick ? One reason is that school-aged children are still largely masked in many school districts, and so I think that that helps to keep numbers down. The overall layered protective measures that are still in place in many areas are effective for both Covid as well as influenza.

  3. Angelino Alfano:

    We worked to save the right to circulate at Brenner, to clarify issues and avoid a crisis with Austria, there's no need for any kind of barrier at Brenner.

  4. Kecia Gaither:

    Even though you have the same number of red blood cells, there’s more volume for them to circulate around.

  5. Dante Lauretta:

    Water probably did circulate through the interior of the asteroid, like a hydrothermal system on Earth, and altered the originally anhydrous rocky material, forming these clays.


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