Thesaurus:diffuse

Thesaurus

diffuse

English

Adjective

Sense: not focused or concentrated

Synonyms

• diffuse
• dispersed
• incompact
• loose    [⇒ thesaurus]
• noncompact
• scattered
• spaced out
• sparse
• spread out
• thin
• uncompact

Antonyms

• compact    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dense

Hyponyms

• few and far between
• rare    [⇒ thesaurus]
• rarefied
• shattery

See also

• Thesaurus:loose ("not fixed in place tightly or firmly")
• Thesaurus:nebulous

Further reading

• “322. rarity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “diffuse” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.