Definition for Scattering:

• the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions

Synonyms for Scattering:

• adj.

  •few (adjective)
  • middling,
  • piddling,
  • meager,
  • few,
  • scarcely any,
  • some,
  • semioccasional,
  • not many,
  • trifling,
  • insufficient,
  • not too many,
  • inconsiderable,
  • few and far between,
  • Unfrequent,
  • occasional,
  • widely spaced.
  •handful (adjective)
  • most spattering,
  • more sprinkling,
  • most smattering,
  • most sprinkling,
  • more spattering,
  • more smattering.
  •uneven (adjective)
  • irregular,
  • scattered.

• n.

  •
  • minimum,
  • group,
  • one or two,
  • hairsbreadth,
  • minority.
  •dash (noun)
  • few drop.
  •diffusing (noun)
  • diffusing.
  •diffusion (noun)
  • dis seminations,
  • dis semination,
  • dis-semination,
  • dis-seminations.
  •diffusive (noun)
  • diffusive.
  •disappearance (noun)
  • dissipation.
  •dispersion (noun)
  • breakup,
  • dislocation,
  • refraction,
  • evaporation,
  • detachment,
  • disbursement,
  • disjunction,
  • disconnection,
  • separation,
  • disintegration,
  • dissolution,
  • evanescence,
  • divergence.
  •dispersive (noun)
  • dispersive.
  •disseminative (noun)
  • disseminative.
  •dissipation (noun)
  • dis solution,
  • dis integrations,
  • dis solutions,
  • dis-integrations,
  • dis-integration,
  • dis-solutions,
  • dis-solution,
  • dis integration.
  •distribution (noun)
  • de livery,
  • apportionings,
  • handing outs,
  • pro rating,
  • rationings,
  • allotings,
  • pro-ratings,
  • pro-rating,
  • disposings,
  • de-liveries,
  • circulatings,
  • partitionings,
  • pro ratings,
  • proratings,
  • dis posing,
  • assignings,
  • dissipatings,
  • dis-posing,
  • de-livery,
  • de liveries.
  •distributive (noun)
  • distributive.
  •exile (noun)
  • ex patriations,
  • ex traditions,
  • dis-placements,
  • dis placement,
  • re legation,
  • ex-patriation,
  • ex patriation,
  • ex-tradition,
  • ex-patriations,
  • dis-placement,
  • re-legation,
  • dis placements,
  • re legations,
  • ex-traditions,
  • ex tradition,
  • re-legations.
  •process (noun)
  • scattering.
  •radiation (noun)
  • trans mission,
  • diffractions,
  • trans missions,
  • trans-mission.
  •repelling (noun)
  • dispersings.
  •scatter (noun)
  • scatter.
  •scattering (noun)
  • spreading,
  • strewing,
  • sprinkle.
  •sprinkling (noun)
  • powderings,
  • severals.

• pron.

  •few (pronoun)
  • smatter,
  • several,
  • slim pickings,
  • small number.

• v.

  •deranging (verb)
  • roiling,
  • tumbling,
  • Scrambling,
  • perturbing,
  • tossing,
  • Roughening,
  • Disordering,
  • agitating,
  • Rummaging,
  • Rumpling,
  • Muddling,
  • confounding,
  • troubling,
  • Botching,
  • whipping,
  • Messing,
  • Cluttering,
  • Blurring,
  • Disarranging,
  • Discomposing,
  • Convulsing,
  • mixing up,
  • Displacing,
  • capsizing,
  • Ruffling,
  • meddling,
  • fermenting,
  • Mislaying,
  • Misplacing,
  • Deranging,
  • upsetting,
  • tousling,
  • rippling,
  • Hashing,
  • Dislocating,
  • swirling,
  • Jumbling,
  • Disheveling,
  • Disorganizing,
  • churning,
  • tampering,
  • disturbing,
  • Whisking,
  • Mussing,
  • confusing.
  •dispersing (verb)
  • disseminating,
  • Dissipating,
  • Distributing,
  • breaking up,
  • Dispensing,
  • Dispersing,
  • Disbanding.
  •repulsing (verb)
  • repelling.
  •scattering (verb)
  • dissolving,
  • Disconnecting,
  • Refracting,
  • Evaporating,
  • diverging,
  • radiating,
  • Disbursing,
  • Detaching,
  • Separating,
  • Diffracting,
  • Disintegrating,
  • Evanescing,
  • Doling.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • scarcity,
  • Seeding.

Paraphrases for Scattering:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    scatter.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    dissipation.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    mail-out, disseminating.
  • Proper noun, singular
    disseminating.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    dispersive, webcasting, airplay, disseminating.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Transferring, circulating, decentralizing, Propagating, transmitting, Dispersing, diffusing, Presenting, streaming, Diversifying, imparting, reaching, Relaying, releasing, Delivering, sending, informing, Dispensing, expanding, showcasing, disclosing, Promoting, raining, conveying, flying, Diluting, dividing, supplying, giving, Spanning, getting, making, airing, disseminating.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    dissemination.
  • Proper noun, singular
    dissemination, diffusion.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    dispersion, dispersal, fragmentation, sparsity, propagation, dissemination, airing, diffusion, sparse.

Antonyms for Scattering:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    gobs, quantity, army, deal, majority, legion, profusion, REAMS, thousands, lot, concentration, surplus, loads, peck, gazillion, abundance, crowd, most, assembly, plenty, slew, horde, flock, slather, oodles, mountain, zillion, excess, wealth, host, many, multitude, collection, much, gathering, scads, heap, wad, pile, plenitude, mass, stack, raft.

Scattering Sentence Examples:

• For all the ponies ran out of the corral and were scattering over the prairie.

• This movement had taken place as Abel was finishing his scattering volley of talk.

Homophones for Scattering:

• staring, streaming, suturing, shoe string, strong, starring, strain gage, sternness, string cheese, steatornis, star anise, stirring, strange, strenuous, strain gauge, strings, strewing, sauternes, shattering, storminess, st. irenaeus, southernness, string, steering, socket wrench, stringy, storm sash, shuddering, straying, sturnus, shoestring, straining, sweet orange.

Holonyms for Scattering:

• n.

  • process
    extinction.

Hyponym for Scattering:

• n.

  • process
    activity, action, natural process, natural action.
  • quantity
    small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity.