SCATTERS Synonyms: 124 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

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plural of scatter

as in handfuls

a small number played before only a scatter of spectators in that huge stadium

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scatters

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verb

present tense third-person singular of scatter

as in disperses

to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart the noise of the backfiring car scattered the pigeons

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as in sprays

to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on the hillside was scattered with boulders deposited by the last ice age

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as in dissipates

to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole these drunken revelers will quickly scatter when the police arrive

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Noun

But the wit often transforms into wonder; the snowflakes toss their own snow in handfuls, which is at first amusing, then amazing.

The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2024
There’s a complete lack of self-consciousness in Mother’s wolfing down handfuls of meatloaf or playfully woofing at strangers in public, and that’s matched by what Adams is doing to bring this woman to life.

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024

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