Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
scatter (verb)transitive verb
1.
a) to cause to separate widely
b) to cause to vanish
2.
archaic to fling away heedlessly - squander
3.
to distribute irregularly
4.
to sow by casting in all directions - strew
5.
a) to reflect irregularly and diffusely
b) to cause (a beam of radiation) to diffuse or disperse
6.
intransitive verb
to divide into ineffectual small portions
1.
to separate and go in various directions - disperse
2.
to occur or fall irregularly or at random
1.
the act of - scattering
2.
a small quantity or number irregularly distributed or strewn about - scattering
3.
the state or extent of being - scattered , especially - dispersion
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
scatter (noun)a small number
SYNONIMS:
couple, handful, scatter, scattering, smatter, smattering, sprinkle, sprinklingRELATED WORDS:
minority; atom, crumb, fragment, grain, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, particle, scrap, shred, tittle, whitNEAR ANTONYMS:
majority, most; abundance, excess, plenty, surplus; deal, gobs, heap, lot, mass, much, peck, pile, plenitude, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, slather, slew, stack, wad, wealth1.
to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart
SYNONIMS:
clear out, disband, dispel, disperse, dissipate, squanderRELATED WORDS:
break up, isolate, part, segregate, separate, split (up); diffuse, disseminate, diverge, spreadNEAR ANTONYMS:
agglutinate, conglomerate; unify, unite2.
to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on
SYNONIMS:
bestrew, dot, pepper, sow, spot, spray, sprinkle, strewRELATED WORDS:
blanket, drizzle, dust; stud; dapple, fleck, speckle, stipple; bespatter, spatter3.
to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole
SYNONIMS:
disassemble, dissipate, dissolve, scatterRELATED WORDS:
branch (out), break up, disband, diverge, divide, fork, separate, spill; clear, disappear, evanesce, evaporate, fade, flee, go (away), meltNEAR ANTONYMS:
congregate, gather, meet