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Antonyms for spread out
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : spred |
Phonetic Transcription : sprɛd |
- abbreviate
- abbreviated
- abridge
- abridged
- ambiguous
- assembled
- be modest
- block
- blocked
- blow up
- bored
- bounded
- break
- broken
- bubbly
- calculable
- cease
- certain
- close
- closed
- collect
- compress
- compressed
- conceal
- concealed
- concentrate
- concentrated
- conclude
- condense
- condensed
- connected
- constrict
- contract
- contracted
- cover
- cower
- cramp
- curtail
- curtailed
- cut
- deceitful
- deceptive
- decided
- decrease
- definite
- deflate
- degrade
- diminish
- disarrange
- discontinue
- disenthralled
- dishonest
- disinterested
- disorder
- displace
- disturb
- dull
- effervescent
- elevate
- elevated
- end
- ending
- ephemeral
- erect
- evanescent
- exclude
- existing
- expand
- fall
- fastened
- finish
- finite
- fleeting
- fold up
- gather
- gathered
- halt
- hide
- hinder
- hindered
- hoard
- hold
- ignorant
- inaccessible
- incite
- increase
- indefinite
- indifferent
- insignificant
- keep
- lessen
- lessened
- lift
- limited
- little
- locked
- lose
- low
- lower
- lying
- maintain
- make uneven
- miniature
- minute
- narrow
- neglect
- not use
- observant
- obstructed
- organized
- push
- raise
- raised
- reduce
- reduced
- refrain
- repel
- repulse
- restrict
- restricted
- roll up
- rough
- round
- rounded
- rugged
- save
- secrete
- sharp
- shifty
- short
- shorten
- shortened
- shrink
- shrivel
- shut
- shy away
- simplify
- small
- soft
- stop
- subjective
- suppressed
- sure
- take
- take back
- tangle
- teeny
- thin
- thoughtful
- tiny
- together
- trivial
- unavailable
- unclear
- uncompress
- uneven
- unimportant
- uninterested
- united
- unoccupied
- upright
- vague
- weak
- withhold
Definition of spread out
Origin :- c.1200, "to stretch out, to send in various directions," probably from Old English -sprædan (especially in tosprædan "to spread out," and gesprædung "spreading"), from Proto-Germanic *spraidijanan (cf. Danish sprede, Old Swedish spreda, Middle Dutch spreiden, Old High German and German spreiten "to spread"), probably from PIE *sper- "to strew" (see sprout (v.)). Reflexive sense of "to extend, expand" is attested from mid-14c.
- As in long : adj extended in space or time
- As in open : adj unfastened, unclosed
- As in preoccupied : adj busy; mentally caught up in something
- As in vast : adj very large; wide in range
- As in displayed : adj presented
- As in scattered : adj spread
- As in splayed : adj wide
- As in spreading : adj extended
- As in overlong : adj long
- As in protracted : adj long
- As in extended : adj lengthened
- As in flat : adj level, smooth
- As in lay out : verb design, plan
- As in radiate : verb give off; scatter
- As in show off : verb flaunt; brag
- As in stretch : verb extend, elongate
- As in widen : verb open up
- As in branch off/branch out : verb extend beyond main part
- As in unfurl : verb unroll
- As in unroll : verb open
- As in effuse : verb give off
- As in deploy : verb redistribute, station troops or weapons
- As in display : verb show for public viewing, effect
- As in expand : verb extend, augment
- As in extend : verb make larger, longer
- As in flatten : verb level out
- Then he spread out his two bags, folded them together again, and then again.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- At camp he lighted his lantern and spread out his find on the table.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- Extract all the stones, and spread out the plums on large dishes.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- Letty spread out her dinner, and David made her a fire among the rocks.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- We now came to a widening of the river where it spread out into a small lake.
- Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
- He spread out his hands, rejoicing in the remembrance of his graceful compliments.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- But when the bed had been spread out he found that the blankets were also pierced.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- Camille, spread out on the ground in this fashion, looked contemptible and vile.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- If we could see in four dimensions we could see them all spread out before us.
- Extract from : « The Einstein See-Saw » by Miles John Breuer
- She spread out her hands, white and transparent in the sun-light.
- Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
Synonyms for spread out
- abrade
- absent
- absent-minded
- absorbed
- abstracted
- accessible
- add to
- advertise
- advertised
- afford
- agape
- aggrandize
- airheaded
- airy
- ajar
- all-inclusive
- ample
- amplify
- arrange
- asleep
- astronomical
- augment
- bare
- beam
- beat down
- beef up
- bemused
- betray
- big
- bloat
- blow up
- boast
- bolster
- boost
- boundless
- branch out
- brandish
- bridge
- bring to view
- broad
- broadcast
- broaden
- bugged
- bulk up
- burgeon
- burst forth
- capacious
- carry on
- chart
- circulate
- clear
- cleared
- collapsed
- colossal
- complanate
- comprehensive
- compress
- continue
- continued
- cover
- crane
- crush
- daydreaming
- debase
- decant
- decumbent
- deep
- deflate
- deflated
- dehiscent
- demonstrate
- depress
- depressed
- detail
- detailed
- develop
- diagram
- diffuse
- diffused
- dilate
- discharge
- disclose
- disclosed
- disorderly
- disorganized
- dispense
- dispersed
- display
- disport
- dispose
- disseminate
- disseminated
- distant
- distend
- distracted
- distrait
- distribute
- distributed
- diverge
- diversify
- divide
- drag one's feet
- drag out
- dragging
- draw
- draw out
- drawn out
- drawn-out
- elaborate
- elongate
- elongated
- emanate
- embellish
- emblazon
- emit
- emptied
- empty
- endless
- enduring
- engaged
- engrossed
- enhance
- enlarge
- enlarged
- enormous
- eternal
- even
- even out
- evidence
- evince
- exhibit
- expand
- expanded
- expansive
- explicate
- expose
- exposed
- extend
- extended
- extensive
- fallen
- fan out
- far-flung
- far-off
- far-reaching
- faraway
- fascinated
- fatten
- feature
- fell
- fill
- fill out
- flash
- flaunt
- floor
- flourish
- flow out
- flush
- forever
- forgetful
- fork
- form front
- free
- gangling
- gaping
- giant
- gigantic
- give out
- glaze
- gleam
- glitter
- go
- go on
- grade
- grandstand
- great
- ground
- grow
- grow larger
- growing
- gush
- hand a line
- have on the brain
- heedless
- heighten
- high
- hike
- horizontal
- huge
- hung up
- illimitable
- illumine
- illustrate
- immeasurable
- immense
- immersed
- impart
- inconscient
- increase
- infinite
- inflate
- intent
- iron out
- irradiate
- issue
- knock down
- laid low
- laid out
- lanky
- large
- last
- lasting
- lay
- lay bare
- lay low
- lay out
- lengthen
- lengthened
- lengthy
- let out
- lie out
- light up
- limitless
- lingering
- lofty
- long
- long-drawn-out
- longish
- lost
- lost in thought
- low
- made passable
- magnify
- make
- make a spectacle of
- make clear
- make known
- make taut
- make tense
- mammoth
- manifest
- mantle
- map
- massive
- measureless
- messy
- model
- monstrous
- monumental
- mooning
- moony
- mount
- mow down
- multiply
- mushroom
- naked
- navigable
- never-ending
- oblate
- oblivious
- obsessed
- on display
- open
- open out
- open up
- open wide
- outline
- outspread
- outstretched
- overlap
- overlong
- pad
- pancake
- parade
- part
- passable
- patent
- patulous
- peeled
- perform
- piggyback
- planar
- planate
- plane
- plaster
- position
- pour
- pour out
- present
- procumbent
- prodigious
- proliferate
- prolong
- prolongate
- prolonged
- promote
- promulgate
- prone
- propagate
- prostrate
- protract
- protracted
- publish
- puff up
- pull
- pull out
- punctured
- put out patrol
- pyramid
- rack
- radial
- radiate
- ramble
- rambling
- ramify
- range
- rangy
- rapt
- raze
- reach
- ream
- recline
- reclining
- recumbent
- remote
- removed
- rent
- repose
- represent
- reveal
- revealed
- ringent
- roll
- rolling
- run
- run on
- running
- send out
- separate
- separated
- set out
- set up
- shed
- shine
- shoot out
- shoot up
- show off
- showcase
- shown
- slap on
- smash
- smooth
- soup up
- sowed
- sown
- spacious
- span
- spellbound
- spin out
- splay
- sport
- spread
- spread out
- spread-out
- spring up
- sprinkle
- sprinkled
- spun out
- squash
- stall
- straighten
- strain
- stretch
- stretch out
- stretched
- stretched out
- stretched-out
- stretching
- strew
- strewed
- string out
- stringy
- stripped
- subdue
- supine
- supplement
- susceptible
- sustained
- swagger
- sweeping
- swell
- tabular
- tack on
- take
- take battle stations
- taken up
- tall
- tauten
- thicken
- throw out
- tighten
- titanic
- towering
- trample
- transmit
- tremendous
- trot out
- unaware
- unbarred
- unblocked
- unbolted
- unbounded
- unbroken
- unburdened
- uncluttered
- uncover
- uncovered
- unfold
- unfolded
- unfurl
- unfurled
- unimpeded
- unlimited
- unlocked
- unmask
- unobstructed
- unpack
- unplugged
- unravel
- unroll
- unsealed
- unshut
- unstopped
- unveil
- unwind
- upsurge
- use
- utilize
- vacated
- vamp
- very long
- visible
- voluminous
- wax
- wide
- widen
- widening
- widespread
- woolgathering
- wrapped-up
- yawning
- yield
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