Spreading Synonyms and Antonyms

To arrange tableware upon (a table) in preparation for a meal
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. setting
  2. laying
To make known
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. advertizing
  2. proclaiming
  3. propagating
  4. broadcasting
  5. promulgating
  6. noising
  7. disseminating
  8. circulating
  9. bruiting
  10. blazoning
  11. blazing
  12. publishing
To apply over a surface
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. overlaying
  2. covering
  3. varnishing
  4. waxing
  5. diffusing
  6. gilding
  7. plastering
  8. veneering
  9. spraying
  10. spattering
  11. painting
  12. enamelling
  13. glossing
  14. capping
  15. plating
  16. daubing
  17. coating
  18. smearing
  19. blanketing
Act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. spread
The opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dissemination
  2. airing
  3. public exposure
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. radial
  2. extended
  3. extensive
  4. spread-out
  5. patulous
  6. growing
  7. ever-widening
  8. parasitic
  9. permeating

Words Related to Spreading

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.

Spreading Sentence Examples

  • He grabbed a butter knife and began spreading jelly on a biscuit.

  • The right to representation is spreading around the world.

  • He looked at her closely, a slow smile spreading across his face.

  • Water seeped from the opening, spreading out in a sticky ooze that was quickly eaten by the thirsty ground.

  • He didn't share the encroaching baldness or the spreading waistline of the others.

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