- dispersion
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)ScatteringNouns — dispersion, diffuseness; DisjUNCTion, scattering, dissemination, diffusion, dissipation, distribution, apportionment, spread, disbanding, diaspora, decomposition; irradiation; decentralization. See waste.Verbs — disperse, scatter, stud, sow, distribute, broadcast, disseminate, diffuse, shed, spread, overspread; dispel, disband, apportion; blow off, let out, dispel, cast forth, strew, sprinkle; intersperse; cast adrift, scatter to the winds, dissipate; irradiate; spread like wildfire; decentralize.Adjectives — dispersed, diffuse, disseminated, broadcast, widespread; epidemic (see generality); adrift, stray; streaming; dispersive, distributive. Informal, all over the place or lot.Adverbs — here and there, in spots; all over, everywhere, to the four corners or winds.Quotations — He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts (Bible).II(Roget's IV) n.Syn. dispersal, scattering, diffusion; see distribution 1 .III(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The passing out or spreading about of something: circulation, dispersal, dissemination, distribution. See COLLECT.
English dictionary for students. 2013.