SCATTER Synonyms

• to cause to separate and go in different directions

• move away from each other

• spend frivolously and unwisely

• live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

• process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

• a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

• farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)

• a haphazard distribution in all directions

• a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes

• a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed

• two facing pages of a book or other publication

• the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)

• decorative cover for a bed

• act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time

• distributed or spread over a considerable extent

• prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out

• fully extended in width

• distribute or disperse widely

• become distributed or widespread

• spread across or over

• spread out or open from a closed or folded state

• cause to become widely known

• become widely known and passed on

• strew or distribute over an area

• move outward

• cover by spreading something over

• distribute over a surface in a layer

• the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

• a very small circular shape

• the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

• street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

• scatter or intersperse like dots or studs

• distribute loosely

• make a dot or dots

• mark with a dot

• a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

• the act of sprinkling or splashing water

• distribute loosely

• cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force

• rain gently

• scatter with liquid; wet lightly

• cover by strewing

• message that is transmitted by radio or television

• a radio or television show

• broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

• sow over a wide area, especially by hand

• cause to become widely known

• (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected

• spread out; not concentrated in one place

• lacking conciseness

• move outward

• spread or diffuse through

• cause to become widely known

• remove or force out from a position

• change place or direction

• remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied

• administer or bestow, as in small portions

• distribute or disperse widely

• release

• give to several people

• cause to be distributed

• cause to become widely known

• spread throughout a given area

• be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses

• be mathematically distributive

• to arrange in a systematic order

• an aimless amble on a winding course

• continue talking or writing in a desultory manner

• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

• independent; not united or joint

• a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

• a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

• standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

• separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

• have the connection undone; having become separate

• act as a barrier between; stand between

• force, take, or pull apart

• mark as different

• separate into parts or portions

• divide into components or constituents

• arrange or order by classes or categories

• make a division or separation

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• treat differently on the basis of sex or race

• move or break apart

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

• shed at an early stage of development

• an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage

• to remove

• pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities

• cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over

• cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

• an adult female hog

• place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth

• introduce into an environment

• place seeds in or on (the ground)

• spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)

• cover; be dispersed over

• to cause to separate and go in different directions

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• disband

• break violently or noisily; smash

• make a break in

• cause to go into a solution

• suffer a nervous breakdown

• take apart into its constituent pieces

• destroy the completeness of a set of related items

• set or keep apart

• attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

• release ice

• close at the end of a session

• bring the association of to an end or cause to break up

• come to an end

• break or cause to break into pieces

• cause to separate

• separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

• laugh unrestrainedly

• force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings

• to cause to separate and go in different directions

• fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air

• the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

• free microscopic particles of solid material

• remove the dust from

• rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape

• cover with a light dusting of a substance

• distribute loosely

• a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly

• the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions

• a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

• spreading widely or driving off

• the act of scattering

• the act of scattering