scatter

/skˈætɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. to cause to separate and go in different directions
   “She waved her hand and scattered the crowds”
2. move away from each other
   “The crowds dispersed”
3. distribute loosely
   “He scattered gun powder under the wagon”
4. sow by scattering
   “scatter seeds”
5. cause to separate
   “break up kidney stones”
6. strew or distribute over an area
   “He spread fertilizer over the lawn”

noun

1. a haphazard distribution in all directions
2. the act of scattering

Synonyms for scatter

• disperse
• dissipate
• dispel
• break up
• spread out
• sprinkle
• dot
• dust
• spread
• scattering
• strewing

Words that rhyme with scatter

• chatter
• matter
• batter
• spatter
• patter
• splatter
• shatter
• smatter
• clatter
• latter
• platter
• antimatter
• attar
• flatter
• hatter
• natter
• tatter
• wildcatter
• blatter
• chitterchatter
• fatter
• mcfatter
• mcphatter
• sater
• satter
• schlatter
• slatter
• vanatter
• vannater
• vannatter