diffuse
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
move outward
The soldiers fanned out
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
spread out; not concentrated in one place
a large diffuse organization
Related & opposite
- diffuseness derivation
- distributed similar to
Sense 3 verb
spread or diffuse through
An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- interpenetration derivation
- dispersal derivation
- diffuser derivation
- diffuser derivation
- permeation derivation
- diffusinga derivation
- permeant derivation
- penetrative derivation
Sense 4 adjective
(of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
Related & opposite
- concentrated antonym
Sense 5 verb
cause to become widely known
spread information
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- circulate causes
- spreading derivation
- circulation derivation
- dispersal derivation
- dissemination derivation
- scatter derivation
- airing derivation
- propagation derivation
- broadcast derivation
- broadcast derivation
- broadside derivation
- spread derivation
- disseminator derivation
- diffusinga derivation
- circulate verb group
Sense 6 adjective
lacking conciseness
a diffuse historical novel
Related & opposite
- prolix similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spreading |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispersal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spread |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | spread |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | percolate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | creep |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bleed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mantle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffuseness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | distributed |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpenetration |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispersal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffuser |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffuser |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | permeation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffusinga |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | permeant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | penetrative |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | penetrate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spiritize |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | concentrated |
| 5 | causes | Related & opposite | circulate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | spreading |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | circulation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispersal |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissemination |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | airing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | propagation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | broadcast |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | broadcast |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | broadside |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | spread |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | disseminator |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffusinga |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | circulate |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | publicize |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | podcast |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sow |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | vulgarize |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | carry |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | prolix |