scattered

Meanings

• to cause to separate and go in different directions
  • "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
• move away from each other
  • "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"
• distribute loosely
  • "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
• sow by scattering
• cause to separate
• strew or distribute over an area
• occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
  • "scattered showers"
  • "scattered villages"
• lacking orderly continuity
  • "scattered thoughts"

Synonyms

break up, confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dot, dust, garbled, illogical, scatter, spread, spread out, sprinkle, unconnected