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Diffuse synonyms and antonyms

dĭ-fyo͝oz'

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wordy
Using an excessive number of words.
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disperse
(Intransitive) To disseminate
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prolix
Tending to speak or write at excessive length.
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distribute
To apportion so as to be evenly spread throughout a given area:
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spread
To be extended or enlarged:
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thin
Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
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diluted
That has had something added in order to dilute it.
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discursive
(Philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.
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distributed (related)
Widely separated
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scattered (related)
Not thinking clearly or in an organized fashion; unfocused.
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verbose (related)
Using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words; wordy.
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scatter (related)
To distribute loosely; strew:
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copious
Large in quantity; abundant:
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dissipate
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divide
To perform the operation of division.
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expanded
(Printing) extended
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expatiate
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extend
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irradiate
Lighted up; irradiated
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osmotic
Of or relating to osmosis.
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palaverous
Verbose or wordy
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propagate
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rambling
Often or habitually roaming; wandering.
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soften
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strewn
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waffling
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widespread
Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent.
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diffusion
A dissemination, as of news
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dispersion
The degree of scatter of data.
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dissemination
The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.
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osmosis
A gradual, often unconscious process of assimilation or absorption:
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prolixity
Long-windedness, an excess of words
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promulgation
The act of promulgating or announcing something, especially a proclamation announcing a new law.
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compact (antonym)
Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
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confined (antonym)
Not free to move
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limited (antonym)
The definition of limited is something or someone with boundaries or restrictions.
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restricted (antonym)
Excluding a certain group or groups; esp., limited to white gentiles
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compressed (antonym)
Pressed together; made more compact by pressure
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concentrated (antonym)
Not dilute; having a high concentration.
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brief (antonym)
Short in time, duration, length, or extent.
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short (antonym)
Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky:
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abbreviated (antonym)
Scanty, as in clothing.
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abridged (antonym)
Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
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succinct (antonym)
Closefitting
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circulate
To move in a circle, circuit, or course and return to the same point, as blood through the body
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radiate
To issue or emerge in rays or waves:
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strew
To strew is to spread something out or scatter.
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long-winded
Able to maintain breathing power during exertion:
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periphrastic
(Gram.) Formed with a particle or an auxiliary verb instead of by inflection (Ex.: the phrase did sing used for the inflected form sang)
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pleonastic
Of, or relating to pleonasm.
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redundant
The definition of redundant is more than enough or too much of something.
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move (related)
To be disposed of by sale:
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wide (related)
To the full extent; completely.
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excess (related)
More than usual; extra; surplus
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style (related)
The slender part of a flower pistil, connecting the ovary and the stigma. The pollen tube grows through the style delivering the pollen nuclei to the ovary.
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words (related)
Using or containing an excessive number of words
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soft
Not stern; lenient:
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diffused
(of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
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circularize
To publicize with circulars.
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circularise
(UK) Alternative spelling of circularize.
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broadcast
To appear as speaker, presenter or performer in a broadcast program
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pass around
cause to become widely known
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permeate
To pass into or through and affect every part of; penetrate and spread through
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pervade
To be present throughout; permeate:
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penetrate
To penetrate is to pass into or through something.
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interpenetrate
To penetrate thoroughly; pervade; permeate
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imbue
In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.
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riddle
To affect every part of
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spread-out
(Idiomatic) To place items further apart.
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fan out
To spread out into the shape of a fan
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deflective
Capable of causing deflection.
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diffractive
(Physics) Having the ability to diffract light
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flectional
Pertaining to flection; serving to bend or vary, specifically, pertaining to the terminal variation of words; inflectional.
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inflective
(Grammar) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection.
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refractile
Able to refract, refractive
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refractive
Describing that which refracts.
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refrangible
(Dated) That may be refracted
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localise (related)
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ionize (related)
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refract (related)
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diffract (related)
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polarize (related)
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re-emitted (related)
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visible light (related)
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diffusely (related)
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attenuating (related)
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dispersed
Widely separated
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full
Having a base runner at first, second, and third base:
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