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as in expansion, development; extentas in outlay of food, meal
as in open or fan outas in publicize

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spreads

noun as in expansion, development; extent

Strongest matches

  • advance
  • advancement
  • dissemination
  • escalation
  • increase
  • spreading
  • transmission

Strong matches

  • compass
  • diffusion
  • dispersion
  • enlargement
  • expanse
  • extension
  • period
  • profusion
  • proliferation
  • radiation
  • ramification
  • range
  • reach
  • scope
  • span
  • stretch
  • suffusion
  • sweep
  • term
  • transfusion

noun as in outlay of food, meal

Strong matches

  • array
  • banquet
  • blowout
  • dinner
  • feast
  • lunch
  • regale
  • repast

verb as in open or fan out

Strongest matches

  • circulate
  • cover
  • develop
  • disperse
  • escalate
  • expand
  • extend
  • flow
  • increase
  • lay
  • multiply
  • proliferate
  • reach
  • set
  • spray
  • stretch

Strong matches

  • arrange
  • array
  • bloat
  • broaden
  • cast
  • coat
  • daub
  • diffuse
  • dilate
  • diverge
  • enlarge
  • flatten
  • gloss
  • lengthen
  • level
  • lie
  • mushroom
  • open
  • overlay
  • paint
  • pervade
  • prepare
  • radiate
  • settle
  • smear
  • sprawl
  • strew
  • suffuse
  • swell
  • uncoil
  • unfold
  • unfurl
  • unroll
  • untwist
  • unwind
  • widen

Weak matches

  • be displayed
  • be distributed
  • branch off
  • even out
  • outstretch
  • roll out

verb as in publicize

Strongest matches

  • circulate
  • disseminate
  • distribute
  • propagate
  • scatter
  • transmit

Strong matches

  • advertise
  • blazon
  • broadcast
  • cast
  • declare
  • diffuse
  • proclaim
  • promulgate
  • publish
  • radiate
  • shed
  • sow
  • strew

Weak matches

  • make known
  • make public

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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