scattered

Other forms of scattered

comparative

scatteredder·

superlative

scattereddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scattered

What does scattered mean?

scattered means "occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scattered?

scattered has 2 syllables: scat-tered. The stress falls on "scat". In IPA it is /ˈskætɚd/.

What is another word for scattered?

Close synonyms include confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scattered a common word?

scattered is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.