Entry Word: scatter

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart <the noise of the backfiring car scattered the pigeons>

Synonyms clear out, disband, dispel, disperse, dissipate

Related Words break up, isolate, part, segregate, separate, split up; diffuse, disseminate, diverge, spread

Near Antonyms agglutinate, conglomerate; unify, unite

Antonyms assemble, cluster, collect, concentrate, congregate, gather

2 to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on <the hillside was scattered with wildflowers>

Synonyms bestrew, dot, pepper, sow, spray, sprinkle, strew

Related Words blanket, dust; stud; dapple, fleck, speckle, spot, stipple