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scattering

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Synonyms and Antonyms of scattering

1 an act or process in which something scatters or is scattered

the scattering of the protesters suddenly turned violent and chaotic

Synonyms of scattering

disbandment, dispersal, dispersion, dissipation

Words Related to scattering

diffusion, dissemination

breakup, dissolution, disunion, separation, split

Near Antonyms of scattering

assembly, collection, concentration, gathering

2 a small number

a scattering of people in the mostly empty theater

Synonyms of scattering

couple, few, handful, scatter, smatter, smattering, sprinkle, sprinkling

Words Related to scattering

atom, crumb, fragment, grain, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, particle, scrap, shred, tittle, whit

Near Antonyms of scattering

abundance, excess, plenty, surplus

deal, gobs, heap, lot, mass, much, peck, pile, plenitude, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, slather, slew, stack, wad, wealth

Antonyms of scattering

army, crowd, flock, gazillion, horde, host, jillion, kazillion, legion, loads, many, mountain, multitude, oodles, scads, thousands, zillion

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