Meanings
adjectivedispersive (comparative more dispersive, superlative most dispersive)
comparative more dispersive · superlative most dispersive
- That becomes dispersed
- That causes dispersion
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivespreading by diffusion
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan dispers, dispersiu
- dispersthat becomes dispersed
- dispersiuthat causes dispersion
French dispersif
- dispersifthat causes dispersion
Italian dispersivo
- dispersivothat causes dispersion
Portuguese dispersivo
- dispersivothat causes dispersion
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dispersive
recursivesubversiveimmersivecursivediscursiveaversiveconversivenonrecursiveabstersiveadversiveanimadversiveantidiscursiveantisubversiveaspersivecompersivecontraversiveco-recursivecounterdiscursivecountersubversivecyberdiscursivedetersiveelectrodispersiveeversiveexcursive
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
dispersive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dispersive
MLA
“dispersive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dispersive. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dispersive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dispersive.
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