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verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SPREAD

to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people <spread the news!>

Synonyms broadcast, circulate, disseminate, propagate

Related Words radiate, sprawl; diffuse, dispense, disperse, dissipate, scatter, sow; communicate, convey, impart, pass (on), transmit

Near Antonyms cloak, conceal, enshroud, hide, hold (in), mask, obscure, secrete, shroud, veil; contain, limit, restrict

to put a layer of on a surface <we spread the fertilizer over the lawn evenly until it was fully covered>

Synonyms apply, lay, lay on

Related Words anoint, bedaub, besmear, dab, daub, plaster, slather, smear; blanket, carpet, coat, cover, layer, mantle, overlay, overlie, overspread, sheet, surface

Near Antonyms bare, expose, peel, strip, uncover

to become known <once news of the war's end had spread, spontaneous celebrations broke out everywhere>

Synonyms break, circulate, come out, get about, get around, get round, leak (out), out, spread

Related Words develop, transpire, unfold; disclose, reveal, spill, tell

Near Antonyms hush (up), suppress; conceal, disguise, hide, mask; secrete

to cause (something) to pass from one to another <living conditions that help to spread chicken pox>

Synonyms conduct, convey, give, impart, spread, transfer, transfuse, transmit

Near Antonyms catch, come down (with), contract

to go or move in different directions from a central point <the walls of the old barn spread under the weight of the snow on the roof>

Synonyms branch (out), diverge, divide, fork, part, spread

Near Antonyms assemble, gather, meet

Antonyms converge, join

to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number <dissatisfaction with the new administration is spreading rapidly>

Synonyms accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, build up, burgeon (also bourgeon), climb, enlarge, escalate, expand, gain, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, rise, roll up, snowball, spread, swell, wax

Related Words jump, rocket, skyrocket, surge; heighten, intensify, redouble; blow up, bulk, distend, inflate, puff (up); crescendo, crest, peak

Antonyms contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede, wane

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