Scattering Synonyms and Antonyms

skătər-ĭng
To cause to separate and go in different directions
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dispersing
  2. separating
  3. disseminating
  4. dissipating
  5. interspersing
  6. distributing
  7. strewing
  8. dispelling
  9. disbanding
  10. dividing
  11. severing
  12. spraying
  13. wasting
  14. disuniting
  15. squandering
  16. diffusing
  17. sprinkling
  18. spreading
  19. splattering
  20. sowing
  21. showering
  22. routing
  23. promulgating
  24. deranging
  25. flinging
  26. shedding
  27. diversifying
  28. diverging
  29. deflecting
  30. circulating
  31. casting
Antonyms:
  1. mixing
  2. joining
  3. uniting
Move away from each other
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dissipating
  2. lifting
  3. strewing
  4. setting
  5. dispersing
  6. disseminating
A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sprinkling
  2. sprinkle
The act of scattering
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dispersion
  2. scatter
  3. strewing
Not even
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. uneven
  2. some
  3. not many

Words Related to Scattering

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. few
  2. diffusion cross section
  3. irregular
  4. rising
  5. moving
  6. phonon
  7. diffraction
  8. anisotropy
  9. energy-loss
  10. excitation
  11. small-angle
  12. photodissociation
  13. exciton
  14. spending
  15. spectra
  16. ionization
  17. photoemission
  18. lattice
  19. neutron
  20. photoluminescence

Scattering Sentence Examples

  • The system of "compositions" or fines, paid in many cases with the help of kinsmen, finds its natural place in the ancient, tribal period of English history and loses its vitality later on in consequence of the growth of central power and of the scattering of maegths.

  • As the milk is cleared out, the scattering of the drops is gradually re-established.

  • Although there was a scattering of other bikers, he was sure the bright yellow windbreaker would be easy to spot, unless the biker became lost in a large pack.

  • Plate glass is, nevertheless, considerably used for the cheaper forms of lenses, where the scattering of the light and loss of definition arising from these fine striae is not readily recognized.

  • The normal scattering of a nearly vertical jet is due to the rebound of the drops when they come into collision with one another.

More Sentences