Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spreader

2 senses of spreader

Sense 1
spreader -- (a hand tool for spreading something; "he used his knife as a spreader")
       => hand tool -- (a tool used with workers' hands)

Sense 2
broadcaster, spreader -- (a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions)
       => mechanical device -- (mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles)