Synonyms for scatter
ˈskæt ərscat·ter

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1. scatter

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

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

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1. scatter

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

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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Change Integrity
   • Distribution
   • Sow

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1. scatterverb

   Synonyms:
   strew, sprinkle, throw about loosely

2. scatterverb

   Synonyms:
   dissipate, disperse, diffuse, distribute, spread

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1. scatterverb

   Synonyms:
   dissipate, disperse, dispel, separate, intersperse

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1. List of paraphrases for "scatter":

   dispersion, dispersal, disperse, sparsity, sparse, scattering

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How to use scatter in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Karim Sadr:

   It was only in 2016 after poring over all of that detailed imagery that I eventually realized that the homesteads are not a scatter of villages but parts of one entity; a city, rather than a dispersion of homesteads.

3. Saadi Shirazi:

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

4. 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.

5. Hau Kha:

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