Empty cans were scattered about the place.
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Scattered
/ˈskætɚd/
Synonyms for "scattered" (202 found)
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Closest matches (41)
alienatedall up withanarchicarsy varsyarsy-varsyass backwardsass-backwardsballed upbeatbeatenbestedbollixed upbroadcastchaoticcheeseparingchinchychintzyconfoundedconfuseddefeated
Noun(3 words)
broadcast sowbroadcast sowingcrowd thinning
Adjective(3 words)
Verb(2 words)
Strong matches (60)
disjointdisjointeddisjunctdislocateddisperseddispreaddisseminateddissipateddistorteddistributeddisuniteddivideddivorceddone fordone indownestrangedexiguousfallenfixed
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flectionalflexedflooredfouled upgalley-westhelter skelterhelter-skelterhiggledy piggledyhiggledy-piggledyhors de combathugger muggerhugger-muggerin a messinflectiveinfrequentisolatedjumbledlambasted
Adjective(10 words)
disjointeddisordereddispersed land parcelsfragmented farmingfragmented landscapefragmented modelingfragmented objectivegarbledillogicalisolated patches
Verb(10 words)
Noun(2 words)
dispersingitalian sparso 'scattered'
Related words (101)
latheredlickedmeagermiserlymixed upmucked upmuddledniggardlyon the skidsoutdoneoverborneovercomeovermasteredovermatchedoverpoweredoverriddenoverthrownoverturnedoverwhelmedpanicked
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piddlingpoorput to routrarerefractedrefractilerefractiverefrangibleremovedroutedruinedscantscantyscarcescrewed upscrimpingscrimpysegregatedseldom met withseldom seenseparatedsequesteredsettledshut offsilencedskewskewedskimble-skambleskimpingskimpyskinnedskinned aliveslimsnafusparsesporadicspottyspreadsprinkledstampededstingystragglingstragglystrewnstrownthintighttopsy turvytopsy-turvytrimmedtrouncedundoneupsetupside downupside-downwhelmedwhippedwidespreadworsted
Adjective(11 words)
low densitysparse indicatorssporadic actionssporadic interruptionssporadic motifstragglierstraggliestthematic fragmentationunconnectedunfocused contentunfocused discussion
Noun(4 words)
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More general
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14 entriesclusteringdebrisfragmentsintermittent occurrencespatchinesspatchy distributionrandom scatteringscatter diagramscatter plotshardsspatial heterogeneitysporadic eventssprinklestrew
Collocations
10 entriesscatter diagramscatter matrixscatter plotscattered datascattered debrisscattered distributionscattered leavesscattered patternscattered sitesscattering process
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Fragments of the mirror were scattered on the floor.
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With a scream, the spectators scattered.
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Broken glass lay scattered all over the road.
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