Synonyms for spread out
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1. fanned, spread-out(a)verb

   especially spread in a fan shape

   "the peacock's fanned tail"; "the spread-out cards"

   Antonyms:
   concentrated

2. diffuse, spread, spread out, fan outverb

   move outward

   "The soldiers fanned out"

   Synonyms:
   unfold, circularise, dissipate, penetrate, riddle, overspread, disseminate, pass around, spread, go around, broadcast, turn out, fan out, scatter, distribute, imbue, circularize, expand, permeate, splay, open, propagate, rotate, pervade, disperse, circulate, string out, interpenetrate, diffuse

   Antonyms:
   concentrated

3. string out, spread outverb

   set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series

   "the houses were strung out in a long row"

   Synonyms:
   splay, unfold, dissipate, turn out, open, diffuse, fan out, disperse, rotate, expand, string out, scatter, spread

   Antonyms:
   concentrated

4. 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, broadcast, open, fan out, string out, scatter, circularize, expand, break up, splay, go around, propagate, dust, dispel, circulate, disperse, distribute, turn out, diffuse

   Antonyms:
   concentrated

5. expand, spread outverb

   extend in one or more directions

   "The dough expands"

   Synonyms:
   elaborate, unfold, expound, spread, exposit, flourish, amplify, dissipate, lucubrate, blow up, scatter, thrive, fan out, string out, extend, inflate, expatiate, expand, splay, open, flesh out, dilate, disperse, rotate, boom, enlarge, turn out, diffuse

   Antonyms:
   concentrated

6. turn out, splay, spread out, rotateverb

   turn outward

   "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"

   Synonyms:
   circumvolve, rise, spread, turn off, cut, boot out, uprise, rotate, turf out, luxate, splay, string out, arise, dislocate, disperse, fan out, open, chuck out, exclude, go around, switch off, revolve, get up, prove, diffuse, unfold, turn out, scatter, expand, turn up, eject, come out, slip, dissipate, bear

   Antonyms:
   concentrated

7. 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, frivol away, fool, fool away, broadcast, fan out, string out, open, scatter, circularize, expand, splay, break up, propagate, dust, fritter away, dispel, circulate, disperse, distribute, turn out, diffuse

   Antonyms:
   concentrated

8. unfold, spread, spread out, openverb

   spread out or open from a closed or folded state

   "open the map"; "spread your arms"

   Synonyms:
   fan out, blossom out, unfold, circularise, dissipate, open up, overspread, disseminate, pass around, spread, broadcast, afford, turn out, open, stretch, blossom, give, stretch out, extend, scatter, circularize, expand, splay, go around, propagate, blossom forth, rotate, circulate, disperse, distribute, string out, diffuse

   Antonyms:
   concentrated

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1. Kenko Yoshida:

   To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations--such is a pleasure beyond compare.

2. George Rutherford:

   There's nothing magic about Disneyland except that there are a lot of people there, if anything, because it's outdoors and so spread out, it might be a little harder to transmit.

3. Abdul Mohsen:

   Before working or anything, I want to gather my family, because now we are all spread out and I just want to see us all together again and try to live happily here.

4. David Paleologos:

   In the absence of a debate, Trump's lead widens because he swallows up the political oxygen, but when that oxygen is spread out more evenly in a debate, it breathes life into the other candidates, and the race gets closer.

5. Steven Wright:

   I have the worlds largest seashell collection. You may have seen it, I keep it spread out on beaches all over the world.