Synonyms of scatters

scatters 1 of 2

noun

plural of scatter

as in handfuls

a small number

played before only a scatter of spectators in that huge stadium

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handfuls
• couples
• scatterings
• smatterings
• fews
• sprinkles
• sprinklings
• smatters
• fragments
• minorities
• atoms
• molecules
• shreds
• particles
• grains
• jots
• crumbs
• scraps
• iotas
• modicums
• whits
• tittles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loads
• many
• thousands
• flocks
• mountains
• multitudes
• armies
• hordes
• crowds
• scads
• hosts
• legions
• zillions
• oodles
• majorities
• gazillions
• jillions
• piles
• excesses
• abundances
• surpluses
• masses
• heaps
• quantities
• kazillions
• stacks
• lots
• mosts
• pots
• pecks
• reams
• gobs
• deals
• rafts
• wads
• much
• plenties
• slathers
• profusions
• slews
• wealths
• plenitudes

scatters

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of scatter

1

as in disperses

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

the noise of the backfiring car scattered the pigeons

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in sprays

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 & Similar Words

• sprays
• sprinkles
• dots
• strews
• peppers
• dusts
• spots
• sows
• bestrews
• drizzles
• flecks
• blankets
• studs
• dapples
• speckles
• stipples
• spatters
• bespatters

3

as in dissipates

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 & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gathers
• meets
• congregates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scatters

Noun

If Cruz’s support scatters across two films, neither performance may crack the top five and if concentrated on one, she could be deemed far safer. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Pea gravel shifts and scatters. — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 30 Apr. 2026

In a cluttered room, that beam scatters in every direction. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026

As internal pressure builds, the casing ruptures and scatters fragments outward at high speed, causing widespread injury to those nearby. — Divya Dubey, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026

Even a hit isn’t clean—some materials are highly reflective, meaning laser energy bounces off the drone and scatters, potentially causing blinding. — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026

The Problem of Bureaucracy in Scaling Enterprises Business expansion scatters work across codebases, project management tools, chat platforms, and docs. — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025

Their innovation, called retina E-paper, uses nanoparticles to control how light scatters, achieving lifelike color reproduction that can be tuned electrically. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025

Weed scatters and falls between the wood slats. — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025

Verb

The most powerful visual effect is the ashy remains of the playground victims, still intact—until a shock wave scatters the ashes to the wind. — ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026

During the eclipse, Earth’s shadow will appear reddish orange on the lunar surface because of the way Earth’s atmosphere scatters light from the sun. — Denise Chow, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026

Earth’s atmosphere scatters away much of the blue light while bending red and orange wavelengths into the shadow. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

When the sun hits Ferm Living’s perforated Dapple chairs at just the right angle, light supposedly scatters through the steel seat in an artistic way, letting a relaxed tranquility wash over your outdoor patio. — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 3 Aug. 2026

Humans also see such a bright blue because the clear water absorbs red wavelengths and scatters blue light back to our eyes. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2026

The youth suddenly drops to the ground as the crowd scatters, the video shows. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026

This happens because its light passes through more of Earth's atmosphere, which scatters away the shorter blue wavelengths and lets the longer red tones pass through, an effect known as Rayleigh scattering. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2026

As the light journeys along the fiber, little by little, some scatters off the glass molecules themselves and is lost. — John Ballato, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026