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noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of spread

1 a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed
  • bought a brightly colored spread for summer
Synonyms of spread

bedcover (also bedcovering), bedspread, counterpane, coverlet
Words Related to spread

comforter, puff, quilt

bedclothes, bedding, clothes
2 a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment
  • They really know how to put out a good spread.
Synonyms of spread

banquet, dinner, feast, feed
Words Related to spread

chow, mess, repast, table

blowout, carnival, festival, fete (or fête), gala, party, shindig

festivity

barbecue (also barbeque), clambake, cookout, fry, luau, roast

buffet, luncheon, smorgasbord
3 a wide space or area
  • a vast spread of land just waiting to be settled
Synonyms of spread

breadth, distance, expanse, expansion, extent, field, length, plain, reach, sheet, stretch, waste
Words Related to spread

domain, sphere, territory

compass, range, scope, sweep

gamut, scale, spectrum

depth, emptiness, void

extension, latitude, span

amplitude, immensity, magnitude
4 the distance or extent between possible extremes
  • The spread of grades was from 15 to 79 on that quiz.
Synonyms of spread

gamut, range, scale, spectrum, stretch
Words Related to spread

measure, pitch, scale

ambit, amplitude, compass, dimension(s), extent, reach, realm, scope, sweep, width
5 the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects
  • a spread of nearly 100 miles between farms
Synonyms of spread

distance, lead, length, remove, spacing, stretch, way
Words Related to spread

altitude, area, breadth, depth, height, rise, space, volume, width

extension, extent

cast, range, reach, scope, shot, sweep, throw

drop, fall, flight, haul

berth, clearance

spread

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of spread

1 to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people
  • Spread the news!
Synonyms of spread

broadcast, circulate, disseminate, propagate
Words Related to spread

radiate, sprawl

diffuse, dispense, disperse, dissipate, scatter, sow

communicate, convey, impart, pass (on), transmit
Near Antonyms of spread

cloak, conceal, enshroud, hide, mask, obscure, secrete, shroud, veil

contain, limit, restrict
2 to put a layer of on a surface
  • We spread the fertilizer over the lawn evenly until it was fully covered.
Synonyms of spread

apply, lay, lay on
Words Related to spread

anoint, bedaub, besmear, dab, daub, plaster, slather, smear

blanket, carpet, coat, cover, layer, mantle, overlay, overspread, sheet, surface
Near Antonyms of spread

bare, expose, peel, strip, uncover
3 to become known
  • Once news of the war's end had spread, spontaneous celebrations broke out everywhere.
Synonyms of spread

break, circulate, come out, get about, get around, get out, get round, leak (out), out
Words Related to spread

develop, transpire, unfold

disclose, reveal, spill, tell
Near Antonyms of spread

hush (up), suppress

conceal, disguise, hide, mask

secrete
4 to cause (something) to pass from one to another
  • living conditions that help to spread the disease
Synonyms of spread

communicate, conduct, convey, give, impart, transfer, transfuse, transmit
Words Related to spread

deliver, hand over, surrender, turn over

broadcast, diffuse, disseminate, propagate

hand down, hand on

contaminate, infect, poison
Near Antonyms of spread

catch, come down (with), contract
5 to go or move in different directions from a central point
  • The walls of the old barn spread under the weight of the snow on the roof.
Synonyms of spread

branch (out), diverge, divide, fork, part, separate
Words Related to spread

bestrew, break up, broadcast, clear out, disband, dispel, disperse, dissipate, distribute, scatter, sow

distance, recede, retreat
Near Antonyms of spread

assemble, gather, meet
Antonyms of spread

converge, join
6 to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
  • The popularity of the style spread quickly.
Synonyms of spread

accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, build up, burgeon (also bourgeon), climb, enlarge, escalate, expand, gain, increase, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, rise, roll up, snowball, swell, wax
Words Related to spread

jump, rocket, skyrocket, surge

heighten, intensify, redouble

blow up, bulk, distend, inflate, puff (up)

crescendo, crest, peak
Antonyms of spread

contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede, wane

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