Thesaurus:disperse

Thesaurus

disperse

English

Verb

(transitive, intransitive)

Sense: to scatter in different directions

Synonyms

• besprenge (obsolete)
• broadcast
• desparple (archaic)
• discuss (obsolete)
• disgregate (obsolete)
• disparkle (obsolete)
• disparple (obsolete)
• dispel
• disperple (obsolete)
• disperse
• distribute    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dwindle
• flurr
• insperse (obsolete)
• instrew
• litter
• overshake (obsolete)
• resperse (obsolete)
• scatter
• squander (obsolete)
• sparble (obsolete, rare)
• sparkle (obsolete)
• sparse (obsolete)
• sperse (obsolete)
• spread
• springe (obsolete)
• strew
• strinkle (British dialect, rare)
• todrive (obsolete)
• togo (obsolete)
• torat (obsolete)
• whiffle

Antonyms

• assemble    [⇒ thesaurus]
• collect
• round up    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• aerosolise
• asperse
• besnow
• besow
• blow away
• disband
• dissolve
• diffuse    [⇒ thesaurus]
• flitter
• inseminate
• litter
• resolve (dated)
• sow
• sprinkle
• stampede
• togo (obsolete)

Hypernyms

• divide    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “73. nonassemblage, dispersion” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “disperse” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.