Dispersed

/dɪˈspɝst/

Synonyms for "dispersed" (146 found)

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Closest matches (30)

aimless alienated amorphous broadcast capricious casual deflected deflective desultory detached diffracted diffractive diffuse diffused disarticulated disconnected discontinuous

Noun(6 words)

broadcast sowbroadcast sowingcirculatingcrowd thinningdecentralized authoritydecentralizing

Adjective(2 words)

decentralizeddiffuse mass

Verb(5 words)

diffuse diffused disband disbanded disbursed

Strong matches (43)

discrete disengaged disjoined disjoint disjointed disjunct dislocated disordered dispread disproportionate disseminated dissipated distorted distributed disunited divided divorced erratic estranged fitful

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flectional flexed formless frivolous gratuitous haphazardhit-or-missimmethodical inchoate incoherent indiscriminate inflective irregular isolated

Adjective(4 words)

dispersibledistributed governancedistributed software componentfragmented farming

Verb(5 words)

disseminate dissipate distribute distributed emulsified

Related words (73)

Noun(5 words)

italian sparso 'scattered'most scatteredscatteringspread outstrewing

loose meaningless misshapen nonsymmetrical nonsystematic nonuniform orderless planless promiscuous random refracted refractile refractive refrangible removed scattered segregated senseless separated sequestered

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Verb(9 words)

migrated scatter scattered spaced splayed sprawled spread straggled suspended

Adjective(10 words)

scattered findingsscattered itemsscattered peoplesparse indicatorssporadic interruptionssporadic motifspread stragglier straggliestthematic fragmentation

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

7 entries

diffuse displace distribute distribution mixture move spread

More specific

9 entries

colloidscrowd dispersaldispersed grainsemulsionspollen dispersalscattered seedsseed dispersalwater dispersalwind dispersal

Collocations

12 entries

dispersal mechanismdispersed across the fielddispersed by winddispersed particlesdispersed populationdispersed seedsdispersed throughout the regionlong range dispersalpopulation dispersalseed dispersalwater dispersalwind dispersal

Inflections

2 entries

disperses dispersing

Derivations

8 entries

dispersal disperse dispersedly disperser disperses dispersing dispersion dispersive

similar

1 entries

distributed

Sample sentences

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The bank robbers dispersed in all directions.

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The rising sun dispersed the mist.

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The clouds dispersed themselves.

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The police dispersed the crowd.

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