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Synonyms for scattering
ˈskæt ər ɪŋscat·ter·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
scattering, sprinklingnoun
a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
"the first scatterings of green"; "a sprinkling of grey at his temples"
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sprinkle, sprinkling, strewing, dispersion, sparge, aspersion, scatterscatteringnoun
the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions
Synonyms:
scatter, sprinkle, strewing, dispersion, sprinklingscattering, sprinkle, sprinklingnoun
a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
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sprinkle, sprinkling, strewing, dispersion, sparge, aspersion, scatterdispersion, scatteringnoun
spreading widely or driving off
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diffusion, sprinkle, sprinkling, strewing, dispersion, dissemination, distribution, scatter, dispersalscatter, scattering, strewingnoun
the act of scattering
Synonyms:
sprinkle, strewing, sprinkling, dispersion, spread, scatter
Matched Categories
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
scatteringadjective
scatteringnoun
Synonyms:
dissipation, dispersion, interspersion
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "scattering":
dissemination, diffusion, dispersion, dispersal, disseminating, broadcast, scatter, sparsity, dispersing
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1219 | distribution | |
#3125 | spread | |
#3856 | broadcast | |
#11203 | diffusion | |
#11266 | dissemination | |
#12605 | scattering | |
#14465 | dispersion | |
#21160 | scatter | |
#21259 | sprinkle | |
#28460 | dispersal | |
#30476 | disseminating | |
#48046 | sprinkling | |
#62796 | dispersing | |
#90678 | sparsity | |
#219972 | sparge | |
#278353 | aspersion | |
#303752 | strewing |
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The Biden Administration refuses to secure the border and is instead scattering unaccompanied kids all over the country with no regard for the consequences, when we push back and demand answers, they cut off transparency and embolden one of the worst human trafficking crises we’ve seen at our border in the last 20 years.
Also, as a result of the scattering of munitions and their fragments, fires occurred in open areas in the city.
I saw people falling, scattering and scrambling.
People started screaming and I could hear the trampling of a large number of people coming down the terminal. By the looks on people's faces and the way that they were scattering it seemed to me that people were trying to get away from a shooter by the body language and the way that some were hiding and others were running.
On top of a revenue hit that businesses in town are taking, we're taking a people hit with employees scattering.
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