disperse

/dɪspˈɝs/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. distribute loosely
   “He scattered gun powder under the wagon”
2. to cause to separate and go in different directions
   “She waved her hand and scattered the crowds”
3. cause to separate
   “break up kidney stones”
4. move away from each other
   “The crowds dispersed”
5. separate (light) into spectral rays
   “the prism disperses light”
6. cause to become widely known
   “spread information”

Synonyms for disperse

• scatter
• sprinkle
• dot
• dust
• dissipate
• dispel
• break up
• spread out
• circulate
• circularize
• circularise
• distribute
• disseminate
• propagate
• broadcast
• spread
• diffuse
• pass around

Words that rhyme with disperse

• reverse
• curse
• nurse
• purse
• verse
• immerse
• worse
• inverse
• perverse
• universe
• adverse
• diverse
• intersperse
• obverse
• reimburse
• submerse
• averse
• coerce
• disburse
• hearse
• rehearse
• terse
• transverse
• bearce
• bearse
• bearss
• biodiverse
• burse
• emerse
• furse