1. cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
2. spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"
3. move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"
4. spread out; not concentrated in one place; "a large diffuse organization"
5. lacking conciseness; "a diffuse historical novel"

Similar Words: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, disperse, pass around, permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, imbue, spread out, fan out

 

Hyponyms: sow, sough, popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise, carry, run, spiritize, spiritise, percolate, grow over, creep, bleed, mantle

 

Grouped Verbs: go around, spread, circulate

 

Derivational Morphology: dispersion, dispersal, dissemination, diffusion, spread, spreading, scatter, airing, public exposure, broadcast, program, programme, propagation, extension, propagator, disseminator, circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway, circulation, diffuser, diffusor, interpenetration, permeation, pervasion, suffusion