scatter
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a haphazard distribution in all directions
Types & categories
- dispersion hypernym
- diffuseness hyponym
Related & opposite
- disseminate derivation
- circulate derivation
- sprinkle derivation
- spread derivation
- spread derivation
- scatter derivation
- scatter derivation
- diffuse derivation
- spread out derivation
- overspread derivation
Sense 2 verb
to cause to separate and go in different directions
She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- dispersal derivation
- strewing derivation
- scatter derivation
- dispersion derivation
- dissipation derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of scattering
Types & categories
- spreading hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
move away from each other
The crowds dispersed
Types & categories
- part hypernym
- aerosolise hyponym
- break hyponym
- volley hyponym
Related & opposite
- strewing derivation
- scatter derivation
- dispersion derivation
- dissipation derivation
Sense 5 verb
distribute loosely
He scattered gun powder under the wagon
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- strewing derivation
- scatter derivation
- sprinkling derivation
- dust derivation
- diffusinga derivation
Sense 6 verb
sow by scattering
scatter seeds
Types & categories
- sow hypernym
Related & opposite
- strewing derivation
Sense 7 verb
cause to separate
break up kidney stones
Types & categories
- change integrity hypernym
- backscatter hyponym
Sense 8 verb
strew or distribute over an area
He spread fertilizer over the lawn
Types & categories
- pass around hypernym
- manure hyponym
- lime hyponym
- circumfuse hyponym
- distribute hyponym
Related & opposite
- spreading derivation
- strewing derivation
- broadcaster derivation
- scatter derivation
- spread derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disseminate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | circulate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprinkle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spread |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spread |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffuse |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spread out |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | overspread |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | dispersion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | diffuseness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispersal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | strewing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispersion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissipation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | divide |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | disband |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprinkle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | strew |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spread out |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | spreading |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | strewing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispersion |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissipation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | aerosolise |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | volley |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | strewing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprinkling |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | dust |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffusinga |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | discharge |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | spray |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | spray |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | spatter |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | splash |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bespangle |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | aerosolize |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | strewing |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | sow |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | change integrity |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | backscatter |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | spreading |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | strewing |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | broadcaster |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | spread |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | pass around |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | manure |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | lime |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | circumfuse |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | distribute |