Synonyms of circulated

circulated

verb

past tense of circulate

1

as in disseminated

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disseminated
• propagated
• spread
• broadcast
• transmitted
• communicated
• conveyed
• dispensed
• imparted
• dispersed
• diffused
• scattered
• dissipated
• passed (on)
• radiated
• sprawled
• sowed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• held (in)
• secreted
• concealed
• obscured
• hid
• veiled
• masked
• shrouded
• contained
• restricted
• limited
• cloaked
• enshrouded

2

as in rumored

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rumored
• whispered
• revealed
• reported
• suggested
• hinted
• implied
• told
• disclosed
• spilled
• divulged
• dished
• promulgated
• exposed
• bruited (about)
• intimated
• propagated
• publicized
• proclaimed
• gossiped
• noised (about or abroad)
• bared
• insinuated
• blabbed
• broadcast
• spread
• tattled
• bandied (about)
• let on (about)
• blazed

3

as in spread

to become known

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spread
• revealed
• unfolded
• told
• came out
• broke
• got out
• leaked (out)
• developed
• disclosed
• outed
• got around
• got round
• transpired
• got about
• spilled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressed
• concealed
• disguised
• hid
• masked
• secreted
• hushed (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of circulated

Ellington filed an order of protection in 2023 against a person who allegedly had circulated his neighborhood and property with a gun, searching for the then-council member. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026

Videos of the shooting were captured by bystanders and were circulated online. — Marin Scott, NBC news, 23 July 2026

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

Yeung Leung Chuen drew the film’s premise from a viral CCTV clip that circulated widely in Hong Kong, showing a market customer and a vendor escalating a minor physical collision into an all-out altercation. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 July 2026

However, speculation around Wells' death has intensified as photos and video allegedly connected to the case have circulated. — James Powel, USA Today, 22 July 2026

The initiative was likely constitutionally defective from the outset, even as initiative petitions circulated in all corners of the Commonwealth. — Robert Cordy, Boston Herald, 19 July 2026