Thesaurus:distribute

Thesaurus

distribute

English

Verb

Sense: to divide into portions and issue out

Synonyms

• administer
• allocate
• allot
• apportion
• deal
• deal out
• dispart (obsolete)
• dispend (obsolete)
• dispense
• disperse    [⇒ thesaurus]
• distribute
• divide    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dole out
• issue
• give out
• mete out
• parcel out
• piecemeal
• portion out
• share
• share out
• sunder out

Antonyms

• amass    [⇒ thesaurus]
• concentrate
• consolidate
• gather
• reassemble

Hyponyms

• ration

Hypernyms

• disseminate
• give    [⇒ thesaurus]
• separate    [⇒ thesaurus]
• spread

Further reading

• “786. apportionment” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “distribute” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.