Synonyms of the word

invasion

• n. A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled…
• n. The entry without consent of an individual or group into an area where they are not wanted.
• n. (medicine) The spread of cancer cells, bacteries and such to the organism.
• n. (surgery) The breaching of the skin barrier.

encroachment

• n. An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion;…
• n. An intrusion upon another's possessions or rights; infringement.
• n. That which is gained by such unlawful intrusion.
• n. (law) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.

entering

• v. present participle of enter.
• n. action of the verb to enter.

entrance

• n. (countable) The action of entering, or going in.
• n. The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
• n. (countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
• n. (uncountable) The right to go in.
• n. The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.
• n. The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.
• n. (nautical) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
• n. (nautical) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
• n. (music) When a musician starts playing or singing, entry.
• v. (transitive) To delight and fill with wonder.
• v. (transitive) To put into a trance.

incursion

• n. An aggressive movement into somewhere; an invasion.

intrusion

• n. The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding.
• n. (geology) Magma forced into other rock formations; the rock formed when such magma solidifies.

penetration

• n. The act of penetrating something.
• n. Specifically, the insertion of the penis (or similar object) during sexual intercourse.
• n. The act of penetrating a given situation with the mind or faculties; perception, discernment.
• n. (blackjack) A number or fraction that represents how many cards/decks will be dealt before shuffling,…

spread

• v. (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
• v. (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions.
• v. (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
• v. (intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
• v. (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
• v. (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
• v. (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
• v. (transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
• v. To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
• n. The act of spreading.
• n. Something that has been spread.
• n. An expanse of land.
• n. A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
• n. A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
• n. A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
• n. (bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread such as butters or jams.
• n. An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
• n. Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
• n. A numerical difference.
• n. (business, economics) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
• n. (trading, economics, finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another…
• n. (trading, finance) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another…
• n. (trading, finance) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery…
• n. (trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of…
• n. (trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.
• n. (finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
• n. (geometry) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
• n. The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.

spreading

• v. present participle of spread.
• n. The act by which something is spread.