Synonyms for disseminate
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Verb
propagate, spread, circulate, promulgate, distribute, publish, disperse, diffuse, proclaim, broadcast, sow, pass around, scatter, blazon, circularize, circularise UK, strew dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
Related words
- Word family
- dissemination disseminative disseminator
Forms
- Past participle
- disseminated
e.g. disseminated → propagated, circulated, promulgated, distributed…
Example sentences
- spread I like to spread honey on my toast in the morning.
- circulate Was there a need to circulate that news bulletin?
- propagate Ziri wants to propagate this ivy in Rima's garden.
- promulgate They are simply trying to promulgate an accurate version of the facts.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| disseminate | steady | |
| spread | rising | |
| circulate | steady | |
| propagate | steady | |
| promulgate | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sow1
- 5 letters
- strew1
- 6 letters
- spread1, blazon
- 7 letters
- publish2, scatter2, diffuse2
- 8 letters
- disperse2, proclaim2
- 9 letters
- broadcast2, circulate3, propagate3
- 10 letters
- distribute3, promulgate3
- 11 letters
- circularize4, circularise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (publish2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- disséminer
- Español
- diseminar
- Deutsch
- ausstreuen