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Spread

🔄 Synonyms of "Spread"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
disseminateverb	(intransitive) To become widespread.
propagateverb	(transitive, of animals or plants) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production.
openverb	(usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
disperseverb	(transitive, intransitive) To scatter in different directions.
extended	Stretched out or pulled out; expanded.
diffuseverb	(transitive) To spread (something) over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
gapnoun	An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
broadcastnoun	Communicated, signalled, or transmitted to many people, through radio waves or electronic means.
spread outverb	Far apart, not close to each other, extended over an expanse of space or time.
distributeverb	(transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.
circulateverb	to spread or disseminate
prepared	(followed by the preposition to) Disposed, willing, ready (to do something).
unfoldverb	(transitive) To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal.
outspreadverb	(ambitransitive) To spread out; expand; extend.
pastenoun	(transitive, computing) To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.
distributed	Spread across a relatively wide area.
spreadingnoun	The act by which something is spread.
counterpanenoun	The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket; a coverlet, bedspread.
dispersed	Spread out in space and/or time; not concentrated.
scatternoun	(ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
ranchnoun	A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
fan outverb	(transitive, intransitive, also figurative) To spread out into the shape of a fan.
circulariseverb	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of circularize. [(intransitive) To publicize something by publishing and distributing circulars.]
circularizeverb	(transitive) To distribute a circular or circulars to.
go aroundverb	(intransitive) To move or spread from person to person.

↔️ Antonyms of "Spread"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
foldnoun	(transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
gatherverb	To collect normally separate things.
collectverb	(transitive) To gather together; amass.
turn upverb	(intransitive, copulative) To show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly.
fold upverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To make or become more compact by folding.
pull togetherverb	To unite for a common objective.
garnernoun	(often figurative) To earn; to get; to accumulate or acquire by some effort or due to some fact

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Spread"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
outspreadverb	(ambitransitive) To spread out; expand; extend.
spread outverb	Far apart, not close to each other, extended over an expanse of space or time.
disseminateverb	(intransitive) To become widespread.
propagateverb	(transitive, of animals or plants) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production.
overspreadverb	(transitive) To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun.
extended	Stretched out or pulled out; expanded.
diffuseverb	(transitive) To spread (something) over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
broadcastnoun	Communicated, signalled, or transmitted to many people, through radio waves or electronic means.
disperseverb	(transitive, intransitive) To scatter in different directions.
scatternoun	(ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
go aroundverb	(intransitive) To move or spread from person to person.
openverb	(usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
circulateverb	to spread or disseminate
circularizeverb	(transitive) To distribute a circular or circulars to.
prepared	(followed by the preposition to) Disposed, willing, ready (to do something).
unfoldverb	(transitive) To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal.
gapnoun	An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
distributeverb	(transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.
bed covernoun	Alternative spelling of bedcover. [The topmost cover of a bed, often functioning as a blanket.]
fan outverb	(transitive, intransitive, also figurative) To spread out into the shape of a fan.