CIRCULATE Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

circulate

verb

ˈsər-kyə-ˌlāt

Definition of circulate

as in to disseminate

to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people circulate the plans for the new stadium around town to get people's reaction

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as in to rumor

to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy circulated a rumor that someone was about to be fired

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as in to spread

to become known the prince denies the story about an extramarital affair that's been circulating in the tabloids

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Recent Examples of circulate Cellphone video of the confrontation, where three gunshots could be heard, circulated on social media. — ABC News, 23 July 2026 Images of fragments striking the Fairmont hotel on the upscale Palm Island were circulated widely online, and more than a dozen people have been killed in Dubai. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 The pay scale, which has circulated widely on social media, lists cashiers, warehouse workers, maintenance employees and grocery stockers starting at $20 an hour. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026 His commentary on the film dates to January, when rumors of Lupita Nyong’o’s casting as Helen of Troy first began circulating. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for circulate

Recent Examples of Synonyms for circulate

Verb

Then, more recently, the hypervirulent urine bacteria disseminated, spreading to the woman’s brain.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
Jackie is fighting staff Friends of Big Bear Valley's Big Bear Eagle Nest Cam (FOBBV), in a July 21 email to USA TODAY, said the rescue is unable to take calls or emails and is only disseminating information on Jackie through social media.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Definition of disseminate

Verb

In 2023, land near Higgs’ property on the southern end of Kansas City, Flying H Ranch, was rumored to host a landfill.

— Zuri Primos July 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
There had been many different replacement possibilities rumored in the F1 paddock over the last few weeks.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 26 July 2026

Definition of rumor

Verb

Military firefighters in Sierra Oeste, Spain battled to contain flames as a wildfire spread overnight.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Protesters blame Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and demand his resignation, but the demonstrations have since expanded into a wider anger over government accountability, spreading to other cities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Definition of spread

Verb

The supergiants can propagate their supergiant form by dividing equally, or revert to normal morphs by undergoing asymmetrical cell divisions.

— Jay Kakade July 23, Refractor, 23 July 2026
The larger challenge is that because autonomous systems can now propagate decisions across interconnected workflows, infrastructure and operations in real time, small failures no longer remain isolated.

— Shekhar Iyer, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of propagate

Verb

In one segment, Daeron quietly whispers for a young cupbearer to exit the room before violence erupts from the lord.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
From the second Eldridge was drafted, a little devil appeared on your shoulder and whispered unreasonable expectations into your ear.

— Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 13 July 2026

Definition of whisper

Verb

Bone must be separated from surrounding rock millimeter by millimeter with a pneumatic chisel, whose needle gently breaks away rock while ultraviolet light reveals where the bone ends and the surrounding rock begins.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Smart did reveal some interesting nuggets about his team this fall in his various interviews during SEC media days.

— Connor Riley, AJC.com, 22 July 2026

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