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scattering

noun

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

minority

atom, crumb, fragment, grain, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, particle, scrap, shred, tittle, whit
Near Antonyms of scattering

majority, most

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

scattering

verb , present participle of scatter

Synonyms and Antonyms of scattering

1 to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart
  • the noise of the backfiring car scattered the pigeons
Synonyms of scattering

clearing out, disbanding, dispelling, dispersing, dissipating, squandering
Words Related to scattering

breaking up, isolating, parting, segregating, separating, splitting (up)

diffusing, disseminating, diverging, spreading
Near Antonyms of scattering

agglutinating, conglomerating

unifying, uniting
Antonyms of scattering

assembling, clustering, collecting, concentrating, congregating, gathering, ingathering
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
Synonyms of scattering

bestrewing, dotting, peppering, sowing, spotting, spraying, sprinkling, strewing
Words Related to scattering

blanketing, drizzling, dusting

studding

dappling, flecking, speckling, stippling

bespattering, spattering
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
Synonyms of scattering

disassembling, dispersing, dissipating, dissolving
Words Related to scattering

branching (out), breaking up, disbanding, diverging, dividing, forking, separating, spilling

clearing, disappearing, evanescing, evaporating, fading, fleeing, going (away), melting
Near Antonyms of scattering

congregating, gathering, meeting

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