Synonyms for diversion
dɪˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən, daɪ-di·ver·sion

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1. diversion

   Entertainment and recreation imply thought and mental occupation, tho in an agreeable, refreshing way; they are therefore words of a high order. Entertainment, apart from its special senses of a public performance or a social party, and predominantly even there, is used of somewhat mirthful mental delight; recreation may, and usually does, combine the mental with the physical. Amusement and pastime are nearly equivalent, the latter probably the lighter word; many slight things may be pastimes which we should hardly dignify by the name of amusements. Sports are almost wholly on the physical plane, tho involving a certain grade of mental action; fox-hunting, horse-racing, and baseball are sports. Certain sports may afford entertainment or recreation to certain persons, according to their individual tastes; but entertainment and recreation are capable of a meaning so high as never to be approached by any meaning of sport. Cheer may be very quiet, as the cheer of a bright fire to an aged traveler; merriment is with liveliness and laughter; fun and frolic are apt to be boisterous. Amusement is a form of enjoyment, but enjoyment may be too keen to be called amusement. Compare synonyms for ENTERTAIN.

   Synonyms:
   amusement, cheer, delight, enjoyment, entertainment, frolic, fun, merriment, pastime, pleasure, recreation, sport

   Antonyms:
   ennui, fatigue, labor, lassitude, toil, weariness, work

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1. diversion

   Synonyms:
   detour, divergence, deviation, recreation, amusement, pastime, sport, enjoyment

   Antonyms:
   continuity, directness, procedure, business, task, work, study, labor, avocation

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1. diversion, recreationnoun

   an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates

   "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"

   Synonyms:
   deflection, digression, divagation, deflexion, recreation, refreshment, deviation, diversionary attack

2. diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagationnoun

   a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

   "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"

   Synonyms:
   diversionary attack, warp, departure, excursion, difference, parenthesis, excursus, deflexion, deviance, bending, digression, deflection, refraction, divagation, aside, deviation, divergence, recreation

3. diversion, diversionary attacknoun

   an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack

   Synonyms:
   deflection, digression, divagation, deflexion, recreation, deviation, diversionary attack

Matched Categories

1. • Activity
   • Attack
   • Turn

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1. entertainmentnoun

   to divert someone’s attention

   paul sought diversion to stop worrying about his problems

   Submitted by albertosanchezmd on April 10, 2022  

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1. diversionnoun

   Synonyms:
   turning aside

2. diversionnoun

   Synonyms:
   amusement, recreation, pastime, sport, play, entertainment, relaxation

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1. diversionnoun

   Synonyms:
   turning aside, amusement, sport, recreation, relaxation

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1. List of paraphrases for "diversion":

   deviation, derivation, misappropriation, distraction, diversions, hijacking, deflection, variance, diversionary, re-routing, misuse, bypass, embezzlement, reallocation, hijack, detour, fidelity, deviance, shunt, referral, non-diversion, by-pass, redirection, reassignment, re-allocation, alcatraz, realignment

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1. Liam Fox:

   We are looking to see what impact there may be from any diversion and whether we need to introduce safeguards to protect UK steel producers, the earliest time that is likely to happen would be early to mid-July. We are already seeing some movements that I think may justify that.

2. Gabriel Felbermayr:

   The strong dollar is one of the macroeconomic side effects of Trump's trade policy towards China. It leads to trade diversion.

3. Sky News:

   Allowing her -- and indeed other terrorists -- back into the U.K. to pursue an appeal would create a national security risk that cannot be fully mitigated, even with the diversion of significant resources, he added. Begums bid to reclaim her citizenship initiallywasstruck down by an immigration court in February. The Special Immigration Appeals Commission, which hears national security cases, said she could instead turn to Bangladesh for citizenship. Yet her lawyer argued that Begum -- who is of British-Bangladeshi heritage was not considered a national of Bangladesh and was therefore rendered stateless by the deprivation decision.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   Fine. Better than the interfering in foreign affairs, if he wants to tweet about me then I am happy to be the diversion because we have lot of things to worry about.

5. Phil Jordan:

   One of the most intelligent traffickers has been Chapo, his son is not the brightest star on the Christmas tree. The best recorded intelligence on the son is that he doesn't have his father's intelligence. But I caution this could be a diversion to throw off authorities.