Don't scatter your things about.
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Scatter
//ˈskætə//
Synonyms for "scatter" (184 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (55)
Related words (92)
hang the expenseissuelavishlet golet uplitterlooseloosenmake mincemeat ofmessmess upmincemisarrangemussmuss upmuster outoverscatteroversowoverspreadpanic
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partpart companypepperplantpropagatepublishpullpulverizeput to flightput to routradiaterayrefractrefractionrelaxreleaseretailroutrufflerumplerun throughseedseize the dayseparatesevershattershedshivershowershuffleskewskewnessslackslack offslackenslathersmashsmash upsowsow broadcastsplaysplintersplit upsprayspread outsprinklesquandersquashsquishstampedestrawstrewthrow awaythrow money aroundtorsiontousleturntwistunglueunleashunstickutterwarpzigzag
Noun(3 words)
Verb(5 words)
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16 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
37 entriesShowing 16 of 37 words.
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1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
134 translations across 41 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σκεδάννυμι verb (to cause to separate)
Arabic
2 entries- تَفَرَّقَ verb (to cause to separate)
- نَثَرَ verb (to cause to separate)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- छितरावल verb (to disperse)
Bulgarian
3 entries- разпръсквам verb (to cause to separate)
- разсейвам verb (to disperse)
- разсейвам verb (physics: to deflect)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏗᎦᎴᏯᎠ verb (to cause to separate)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 散佈 /散布 verb (to cause to separate)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- cayratmaq verb (to distribute loosely)
Czech
4 entries- rozesít verb (physics: to deflect)
- rozházet verb (to cause to separate)
- rozptýlit verb (to disperse)
- roztrousit verb (to distribute loosely)
Dutch
4 entries- uiteengaan verb (to disperse)
- uiteenspatten verb (to disperse)
- verspreiden verb (to cause to separate)
- verspreiden verb (to distribute loosely)
Esperanto
1 entries- disĵeti verb (to distribute loosely)
Finnish
4 entries- sirota verb (to disperse)
- sirotella verb (to distribute loosely)
- sirottaa verb (to cause to separate)
- sirottaa verb (physics: to deflect)
French
4 entries- disperser verb (to cause to separate)
- parsemer verb (to distribute loosely)
- se disperser verb (to disperse)
- éparpiller verb (to distribute loosely)
Gagauz
1 entries- saçmaa verb (to cause to separate)
Georgian
4 entries- განცალკევება verb (to cause to separate)
- გაფანტვა verb (to distribute loosely)
- მიმობნევა verb (to distribute loosely)
- ჩამოშორება verb (to cause to separate)
German
4 entries- ausstreuen verb (to distribute loosely)
- streuen verb (to distribute loosely)
- streuen verb (physics: to deflect)
- verstreuen verb (to distribute loosely)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to disperse)
- 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to cause to separate)
Hindi
1 entries- छितरना verb (to disperse)
Irish
3 entries- croith verb (to distribute loosely)
- easraigh verb (to distribute loosely)
- scaip verb (to disperse)
Italian
4 entries- cospargere verb (to distribute loosely)
- deflettere verb (physics: to deflect)
- dilazionarsi verb (to occur at intervals)
- disperdere verb (to cause to separate)
Japanese
4 entries- 撒く verb (to distribute loosely)
- 播く verb (to distribute loosely)
- 散らかす verb (to cause to separate)
- 散らす verb (to cause to separate)
Kazakh
2 entries- шашу verb (to disperse)
- шашырату verb (to disperse)
Korean
3 entries- 뿌리다 verb (to cause to separate)
- 흩다 verb (to cause to separate)
- 흩어지다 verb (to disperse)
Latin
2 entries- dissipō verb (to disperse)
- spargō verb (to cause to separate)
Mongolian
2 entries- тараах verb (to cause to separate)
- цацах verb (to disperse)
Māori
4 entries- kaihora verb (to distribute loosely)
- rauroha verb (to disperse)
- tītari verb (to disperse)
- tītari verb (to distribute loosely)
Norwegian
1 entries- strø verb (to distribute loosely)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- spre verb (to disperse)
- spre verb (to cause to separate)
- spre verb (physics: to deflect)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- spreie verb (to disperse)
- spreie verb (to cause to separate)
- spreie verb (physics: to deflect)
Old Turkic
1 entries- 𐰽𐰲 verb (to distribute loosely)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صاچمق verb (to distribute loosely)
Persian
1 entries- پراکندن verb (to cause to separate)
Portuguese
4 entries- dispersar verb (to cause to separate)
- espalhar verb (to disperse)
- espalhar verb (to cause to separate)
- espalhar verb (to distribute loosely)
Russian
4 entries- разбра́сывать verb (to cause to separate)
- разбра́сывать verb (to distribute loosely)
- разброса́ть verb (to cause to separate)
- разброса́ть verb (to distribute loosely)
Sanskrit
2 entries- स्तृणोति verb (to distribute loosely)
- स्तृनाति verb (to distribute loosely)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- breac verb (to distribute loosely)
- fras verb (to distribute loosely)
Spanish
4 entries- desviar verb (physics: to deflect)
- dispersar verb (to disperse)
- dispersar verb (to cause to separate)
- esparcir verb (to distribute loosely)
Swedish
4 entries- beströ verb (to distribute loosely)
- skingra verb (to cause to separate)
- skingra sig verb (to disperse)
- skingras verb (to disperse)
Telugu
2 entries- చెదురు verb (to disperse)
- చెదురు verb (to cause to separate)
Tocharian B
1 entries- käsk verb (to cause to separate)
Turkish
4 entries- dağılmak verb (to cause to separate)
- savurmak verb (to distribute loosely)
- saçmak verb (to distribute loosely)
- serpiştirmek verb (to distribute loosely)
Zazaki
4 entries- raken verb (to distribute loosely)
- roken verb (physics: to deflect)
- sanen verb (to distribute loosely)
- vıla biyen verb (to cause to separate)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Scatter, you chickens!
Source: tatoeba (799223)
Where did you scatter them?
Source: tatoeba (1884354)
For an idea to germinate and to be fruitful, it is necessary to scatter its seeds in the appropriate season.
Source: tatoeba (3639025)
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