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Dispersive

Tending to disperse.

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Distributive 84% connected

Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Distributive 84% connected

Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

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Propagate 74% connected

To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or she…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Propagate 74% connected

To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or she…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Scatter 74% connected

To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Scatter 74% connected

To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Diffusing 92% connected

of Diffuse

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Diffusive 92% connected

Having the quality of diffusing; capable of spreading every way by flowing; spreading widely; widely reaching; copious; diffuse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disseminative 92% connected

Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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