Synonyms for diverting
dɪˈvɜr tɪŋ, daɪ-di·vert·ing

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1. amusing, amusive, divertingadjective

   providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining

   "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"

   Synonyms:
   mirthful, laughable, funny, amusive, comical, amusing, risible, comic

   Antonyms:
   uninteresting

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1. List of paraphrases for "diverting":

   deflecting

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1. Peter Gleick:

   If President Donald Trump argument in these tweets is' Stop diverting water to the Pacific and use it to fight the fires,' it's nonsensical, president Donald Trump's said this before that somehow President Donald Trump thinks California's water policies are depriving firefighters of water needed to fight the fires. Which is absolutely absurd.

2. Chamber President Joerg Wuttke:

   These worrying trends illustrate how excessive tightening of Internet controls can choke business growth and stifle investment in technology and research and development, it is therefore hugely dispiriting to see numerous member companies actively scaling back investment and expansion, and diverting their spending to other markets.

3. Isaac Newton:

   I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore and diverting himself and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell that ordinary while the greater ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

4. Ohio Senate:

   The amount of drugs coming into America as a result of human trafficking and sex trafficking diverting attention of our border agents affects every town and city in America.

5. Danielle Weston:

   The vicious censure resolutions to strip Trustee Mary Bone and me of the powers and duties bestowed upon us by the voters is a naked political hit job, the majority on the board are diverting taxpayer dollars and manpower away from students and teachers to destroy our reputations and inflict financial pain.