Synonyms of disperses

disperses

verb

present tense third-person singular of disperse

1

as in dissipates

to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole

the crowd dispersed once the show ended

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dissipates
• disappears
• dissolves
• scatters
• fades
• disassembles
• evaporates
• divides
• diverges
• separates
• melts
• spills
• disbands
• branches (out)
• flees
• clears
• goes (away)
• forks
• breaks up
• evanesces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• meets
• gathers
• congregates

2

as in scatters

to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart

the family of the missing woman dispersed searchers to all corners of the national park

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scatters
• dissipates
• disbands
• separates
• dispels
• isolates
• spreads
• squanders
• segregates
• diffuses
• disseminates
• parts
• splits (up)
• diverges
• clears out
• breaks up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collects
• concentrates
• gathers
• assembles
• clusters
• congregates
• unites
• agglutinates
• unifies
• conglomerates
• ingathers

3

as in disbands

to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization

the campaign staff dispersed almost immediately after the election

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disbands
• dissolves
• breaks up
• demobilizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joins
• unites
• incorporates
• consolidates
• bands
• hangs together

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disperses

The Shark Lab eliminated sight (limited horizontal visibility) and odor (disperses too quickly in water) as the reason a shark might react from so far away. — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

The sounds of fighting draw closer; the dinner party disperses. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026

The gaming giants have given more than $40 million in the past year to a political action committee called Win for America, which then disperses the cash to affiliated, hyper-partisan super PACs that try to influence state races around the country. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 30 June 2026

Hot conditions will persist across Texas, with highs near or above seasonal norms, but skies should gradually clear from south to north as the Saharan plume disperses. — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 29 June 2026

Mowing down mushrooms or using fungicidal products are not recommended as fungicides are typically ineffective against mushrooms and mowing disperses mushroom spores. — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 16 June 2026

The narrative disperses, and alignment remains superficial. — Chiara Alzati, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

Rodighiero and her team already have their suspicions about how the red and blue monsters can coexist in the early universe—perhaps the blue galaxies are in fact born from the red ones as the dust disperses. — Jenna Ahart, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026

Criminalization disperses suffering, while prevention reduces suffering. — Ray Bramson, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2026