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| Main Entry: | diffuse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spread out |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, catholic, diluted, distributed, extended, general, prevalent, scattered, separated, thin, universal, widespread, circulated, dispersed, disseminated, expanded, propagated, radiated, strewn, unconcentrated |
| Antonyms: | compact, concentrated, confined, limited, restricted, compressed |
| Main Entry: | diffuse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wordy |
| Synonyms: | copious, digressive, discursive, dull, exuberant, lavish, lengthy, long, long-winded, loose, meandering, profuse, prolix, rambling, random, redundant, vague, verbose, windy, circumlocutory, diffusive, palaverous, waffling |
| Antonyms: | brief, short, succinct, abbreviated, abridged |
| Main Entry: | catholic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | all-embracing, general |
| Synonyms: | all-inclusive, broad-minded, charitable, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, diffuse, eclectic, ecumenical, extensive, generic, global, inclusive, indeterminate, liberal, open-minded, planetary, receptive, tolerant, universal, unprejudiced, whole, wide, large-scale, unbigoted, unsectarian, world-wide |
| Notes: | Catholic means of or relating to or supporting the Roman Catholic Church while catholic means of broad or liberal scope Catholic means of or relating to or supporting the Roman Catholic Church while catholic means of broad or liberal scope |
| Antonyms: | narrow, narrow-minded, specific |
| Main Entry: | dilute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make thinner; weaken |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, alter, attenuate, cook, cut, decrease, diffuse, diminish, doctor*, irrigate, lace, lessen, liquefy, mitigate, mix, moderate, modify, needle*, plant, qualify, reduce, shave*, spike, temper, water, water down, deliquesce, doctor up, phony up |
| Antonyms: | concentrate, strengthen, thicken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disperse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute; scatter |
| Synonyms: | banish, break up, broadcast, circulate, deal, diffuse, disappear, disband, disburse, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, dissolve, dole out, eject, intersperse, partition, propagate, radiate, rout, scatter, scramble, separate, shed, sow, split up, spray, spread, strew, vanish, besprinkle, cast forth, divvy, measure out, send off, take off in all directions |
| Antonyms: | arrange, assemble, collect, garner, gather |
| Main Entry: | disseminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute, scatter |
| Synonyms: | advertise, announce, blaze, blazon, broadcast, circulate, declare, diffuse, disperse, dissipate, proclaim, promulgate, propagate, publicize, publish, radiate, sow, spread, strew, annunciate, disject |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather |
| Main Entry: | enlarge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or grow bigger; increase |
| Synonyms: | add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, beef up*, blow up*, boost, broaden, build, bulk, develop, diffuse, dilate, distend, elaborate, elongate, embroider, exaggerate, expand, expatiate, extend, grow, heighten, inflate, lengthen, magnify, mount, multiply, pad*, pyramid*, rise, spread, stretch, swell, upsurge, wax, widen, give details, grow larger, jack up, jazz up, make larger, slap on, snowball |
| Antonyms: | abridge, compress, condense, curtail, decrease, diminish, lessen, lower, reduce, shrink |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flowery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ornate, especially referring to speech or writing |
| Synonyms: | aureate, baroque, bombastic, declamatory, diffuse, euphemistic, fancy, figurative, florid, grandiloquent, high-flown, magniloquent, overwrought, prolix, purple, redundant, rhetorical, rococo, sonorous, swollen, verbose, windy, wordy, embellished, euphuistic, ornamented |
| Antonyms: | plain, unembellished, inelaborate, unflowery, unornate |
| Main Entry: | imbue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infuse, saturate |
| Synonyms: | bathe, diffuse, impregnate, inculcate, ingrain, inoculate, instill, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, steep, suffuse, infix |
| Antonyms: | drain, take out |
| Main Entry: | inflated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exaggerated |
| Synonyms: | aureate, bloated, bombastic, diffuse, distended, enlarged, extended, filled, flatulent, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, grown, magniloquent, ostentatious, overblown, pompous, pretentious, prolix, puffed, ranting, rhetorical, showy, spread, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid, verbose, windy, wordy, aggrandized, amplified, augmented, dilated, dropsical, euphuistic, magnified, overestimated, pumped up, rhapsodical, stretched, surcharged |
| Antonyms: | deflated, shrunken |
| Main Entry: | instill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | implant, introduce |
| Synonyms: | brainwash*, catechize, diffuse, disseminate, engender, imbue, impart, impregnate, impress, inculcate, indoctrinate, infiltrate, infuse, inject, inoculate, inseminate, insert, insinuate, inspire, interject, program, suffuse, engraft, force in, infix, intermix, propagandize, put in head, transfuse |
| Antonyms: | dislodge, halt, stop, uproot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intersperse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scatter |
| Synonyms: | diffuse, distribute, infuse, sprinkle, bestrew, interfuse, interlard, intermix, intersow, intersprinkle, pepper |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather |
| Main Entry: | lengthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extended |
| Synonyms: | diffuse, dragging, elongate, elongated, interminable, long, long-winded, padded, prolix, prolonged, tedious, tiresome, verbose, wearisome, windy, wordy, drawn-out, lengthened, longish, overlong, protracted, very long |
| Antonyms: | abbreviated, curtailed, shortened |
| Main Entry: | permeate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | filter, spread throughout |
| Synonyms: | charge, diffuse, drench, fill, go through, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, ingrain, invade, penetrate, percolate, pervade, pierce, saturate, seep, soak, stab, stalk, steep, suffuse, interfuse, pass through, transfuse |
| Main Entry: | pervade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | affect strongly; spread through |
| Synonyms: | charge, diffuse, extend, fill, imbue, impregnate, infuse, penetrate, percolate, permeate, suffuse, overspread, transfuse |
| Main Entry: | radiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give off; scatter |
| Synonyms: | afford, beam, broadcast, circulate, diffuse, disseminate, distribute, diverge, emanate, emit, expand, gleam, glitter, illumine, irradiate, issue, pour, proliferate, propagate, ramble, shed, shine, spread, sprinkle, strew, throw out, transmit, yield, branch out, give out, light up, ramify, send out, shoot out, spread out |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather |
| Main Entry: | redundant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessive; repetitious |
| Synonyms: | bombastic, diffuse, extra, extravagant, inordinate, long-winded*, loquacious, oratorical, padded, prolix, spare, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, tautological, unnecessary, unwanted, verbose, wordy, de trop, inessential, iterating, palaverous, periphrastic, pleonastic, reiterating, supererogatory |
| Antonyms: | concise, essential, single, singular |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strew, disperse |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, cast, derange, diffuse, disband, discard, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, distribute, disunite, diverge, divide, expend, fling, intersperse, litter, migrate, part, pour, scramble, separate, set, sever, shatter, shed, shower, sow, spend, split up, spray, spread, sprinkle, sunder, throw out, besprinkle, disject, put to flight, run away, set asunder, take off in all directions, throw around |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather |
| Main Entry: | shed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cast off |
| Synonyms: | afford, beam, cashier, cast, diffuse, discard, doff, drop, emit, exude, exuviate, give, jettison, junk, molt, radiate, reject, scatter, scrap, shower, slip, spill, sprinkle, take off, throw, throw away, throw out, yield, disburden, give forth, let fall, pour forth, send forth, slough |
| Antonyms: | put on |
| Main Entry: | transmit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate, send |
| Synonyms: | address, bear, bequeath, break, broadcast, carry, channel, conduct, consign, convey, diffuse, dispatch, disseminate, forward, funnel, hand down, impart, instill, issue, mail, pipe, radio, relay, remit, route, ship, siphon, spread, take, transfer, translate, transport, drop a line, drop a note, give a call, give a ring, hand on, pass on, put on the air, send out, traject, transfuse |
| Antonyms: | get, receive, take |
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