Diffuse

/dɪˈfjuz/

Synonyms for "diffuse" (419 found)

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Verb(16 words)

disperse disseminate penetrate permeate pervade propagate spread aluminize broadcast burgeoned circularise circularize circulate circulated deescalated destroy

abounding abundant affluent all-sufficing ambagious ample aplenty assign atomize bend bespread bestrew bias bottomless bounteous bountifulbranch outbreak into piecesbreak to piecesbreak up

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broad broadcastcarry overcasual circuitous circular circulate circumfuse circumlocutory communicate consign copious crashcrawl withcreep withcrook crunch crush curvecut to piecesdeal outdeflect deflected deflective deliver demolish deport desultory deviate diffract diffracted diffractive diffused diffusive digressive discrete discursive disjoin dispel

Noun(6 words)

aid distributionblotchingchange in concentrationcirculatingcourse throughdeescalating

Adjective(3 words)

amorphous decentralized diffused

Strong matches (126)

dispense disperse dispersed dispread disrupt disseminate disseminated dissipate dissipated dissolve distort distorted distribute distributed diverge divert dogleg easeease offeffuse

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effusive emanate epidemic exhaustless expand expel export extendextend throughoutextended extensive extradite extravagant exuberantfan outfar flungfar reachingfar-embracing far-extending far-flung far-flying far-going far-ranging far-reaching fat fecund fertile fill fission flectional flexed flowery flush formless fragment free full galore generous grind gushing gushy hairpinhand forwardhand onhand overhoneycomb imbue impart importin plentyin quantityindiscriminate inexhaustible inflated inflective infuse interfuse interlard intersow intersperse intersprinkle issuelarge scalelarge-scale lasting lavish laxleave no voidleaven lengthylet golet upliberal longlong-drawn-outlong-winded loose loosen loquacious luxuriantmake mincemeat of

Verb(12 words)

disperse lightdispersed disperses disseminates dissipates distributefan outforspread imbue infiltrate infiltrated interpenetrate

Adjective(3 words)

dispersed incompact loose

Noun(7 words)

dispersing disseminating dissipating dither infiltrates infiltratinglow-contrast lighting

Adjective(2 words)

even spreadgeneralized

Related words (209)

make overmany maximal meandering metastasize metathesize mince much numerous occupy opulent overflowing overrun overscatter oversow overspread overswarm passpass onpass over

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pass the buckpenetrate perfuse periphrastic permeate pervade plenitudinous plenteous plentiful plenty pleonastic prevailing prevalent prodigal productive profuse profusive prolific prolix prolonged propagate protracted publish pull pulverize radiate rambling rampant random ray redundant refract refracted refractile refractive refrangible reiterative relax relay repetitive replete retail rich rife riotous roundaboutrun throughrunning overscatter scattered shatter shiver skew skewed slackslack offslacken smashsmash upsowsow broadcastsparse splay splinter sporadic spray spreadspread outsquash squish straggling straggly strew strewn strown suffuse superabundantswarm withsweeping switch tautologous teemteem withteeming throw transfertransfer propertytransfuse translate translocate transmit transplace transplant transpose turnturn overtwist unglue unleash unstick utter verbose warp wealthy well-found well-furnished well-planned well-provided well-stocked wholesale wide wide-extended wide-extending wide-ranging wide-reaching wide-stretching widespread windy wordy zigzag

Verb(34 words)

metastasized metastasizes metastasizing mushroomed overspreadspass aroundpercolate percolates percolating peritrate permeated permeates permeating pervades pervading pollinate prevails proliferated proliferates propagates

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rambling riddle rippled sauntering scattered scatters seep seeped splayedspread outsuffuses transude travelled wordy

Noun(22 words)

most amorphousmost scatteredmushrooming odors outspread outspreading overspill overspreading propagating ripplesscatter of starsscatteringseed broadcastingseepingspread acrossspreading spreads spreed suffused suffusing

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swoops traveling

Adjective(8 words)

noncompact prolix scatteredspaced outsparse thin uncompact verbose

Adjective(5 words)

scattered findingssoft sprawling translucent unfocussed

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

12 entries

air bare disperse distributelinguistic qualitymass transferpenetrate perforate publicise publicizespatial distributionspread

More specific

9 entries

diffuse gasdiffuse lightdiffuse radiationdispersedgas diffusionliquid diffusionrambling scattered wordy

Collocations

9 entries

diffuse aromadiffuse colordiffuse gasdiffuse layerdiffuse lightdiffuse matterdiffuse radiationdiffuse reflectiondiffuse through

Inflections

5 entries

diffused diffuses diffusingmore diffusemost diffuse

Derivations

7 entries

diffusely diffuseness diffuser diffusion diffusive diffusively diffusivity

similar

6 entries

circulate distributedgo aroundprolix spread verbal

Translations

32 translations across 19 languages.

Bulgarian

3 entries

разпространявам verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)
разпръсвам verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)
разсейвам verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)

Catalan

1 entries

difondre verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

扩散 verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)
渗出 verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)

Danish

1 entries

diffus verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)

Finnish

2 entries

hajottaa verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)
levittää verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)

French

1 entries

diffuser verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)

German

1 entries

diffundieren verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)

Hungarian

4 entries

szétszór verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)
szétterít verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)
szór verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)
terjeszt verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)

Ido

1 entries

difuzar verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)

Irish

1 entries

idirleath verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)

Middle English

1 entries

toscheden verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)

Māori

2 entries

tūrererere verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)
tūringiringi verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)

Norwegian

1 entries

diffundere verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)

Portuguese

1 entries

difundir verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)

Russian

4 entries

распространи́ть verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)
распространя́ть verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)
рассе́ивать verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)
рассе́ять verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)

Swedish

1 entries

diffundera verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)

Tagalog

1 entries

ikalat verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)

Vietnamese

2 entries

khuếch tán verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)
lan toả verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)

Welsh

1 entries

tryledu verb ((transitive) to spread over or through)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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She gave a diffuse answer.

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Layla tried to diffuse the situation.

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Tom tried to diffuse the situation.

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How can we diffuse the conflict?

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