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Synonyms & Antonyms of scattered
(Entry 1 of 2)
lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern
- a hodgepodge of scattered ideas that didn't add up to a clear hypothesis
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- accidental,
- casual,
- chance,
- chancy,
- contingent,
- fluky
- (also flukey),
- fortuitous,
- inadvertent,
- incidental,
- lucky,
- unconsidered,
- unintended,
- unintentional,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated
Near Antonyms for scattered
- aware,
- conscious,
- deliberate,
- purposeful,
- thoughtful,
- willful
- (or wilful)
Antonyms for scattered
- methodical
- (also methodic),
- nonrandom,
- orderly,
- organized,
- regular,
- systematic,
- systematized
scattered
verb
past tense of scatter
Synonyms & Antonyms of scattered (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart
- the noise of the backfiring car scattered the pigeons
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2
to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on
- the hillside was scattered with boulders deposited by the last ice age
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3
to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole
- these drunken revelers will quickly scatter when the police arrive
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“Scattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scattered. Accessed 22 Jan. 2022.
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