Synonyms for distraction
dɪˈstræk ʃəndis·trac·tion

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1. distraction

   Perplexity (Latin per, through, and plecto, plait) is the drawing or turning of the thoughts or faculties by turns in different directions or toward contrasted or contradictory conclusions; confusion (Latin confusus, from confundo, pour together) is a state in which the mental faculties are, as it were, thrown into chaos, so that the clear and distinct action of the different powers, as of perception, memory, reason, and will is lost; bewilderment is akin to confusion, but is less overwhelming, and more readily recovered from; perplexity, accordingly, has not the unsettling of the faculties implied in confusion, nor the overwhelming of the faculties implied in amazement or astonishment; it is not the magnitude of the things to be known, but the want of full and definite knowledge, that causes perplexity. The dividing of a woodland path may cause the traveler the greatest perplexity, which may become bewilderment when he has tried one path after another and lost his bearings completely. With an excitable person bewilderment may deepen into confusion that will make him unable to think clearly or even to see or hear distinctly. Amazement results from the sudden and unimagined occurrence of great good or evil or the sudden awakening of the mind to unthought-of truth. Astonishment often produces bewilderment, which the word was formerly understood to imply. Compare AMAZEMENT; ANXIETY; DOUBT.

   Synonyms:
   amazement, astonishment, bewilderment, confusion, disturbance, doubt, doubt, embarrassment, perplexity

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1. distraction

   Synonyms:
   inattention, madness, absence

   Antonyms:
   attention, composure

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1. distractionnoun

   mental turmoil

   "he drives me to distraction"

   Synonyms:
   beguilement, misdirection

2. distractionnoun

   an obstacle to attention

   Synonyms:
   beguilement, misdirection

3. beguilement, distractionnoun

   an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations

   Synonyms:
   beguilement, bewitchery, misdirection, animal magnetism

4. distraction, misdirectionnoun

   the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something

   "conjurers are experts at misdirection"

   Synonyms:
   beguilement, misdirection, mismanagement

Matched Categories

1. • Confusion
   • Entertainment
   • Inattention

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1. distractionnoun

   Synonyms:
   confusion, perplexity, embarrassment, bewilderment, abstraction, mystification

2. distractionnoun

   Synonyms:
   disturbance, discord, tumult, disorder, division, perturbation, commotion, turmoil, agitation

3. distractionnoun

   Synonyms:
   derangement, madness, raving, insanity, alienation, aberration, incoherence, wandering, delirium, mania, lunacy, raving, hallucination, loss of the senses, disordered intellect or faculties, loss of reason

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1. distractionnoun

   Synonyms:
   diversion, amusement, confusion, mystification, bewilderment, tumult, commotion, hurly-burly, despair, frenzy

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1. List of paraphrases for "distraction":

   diversion, entertainment, forgetfulness, amusement

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1. Jeffrey Karoff:

   We had no idea the film was going to garner so much recognition and so many viewers, at first I think Ra enjoyed the recognition, especially locally in northern New Mexico, though even then he was ambivalent about it. Later he grew weary of the attention and felt it was a distraction from the work.

2. Gavin Newsom:

   James Gallagher knows that James Gallagher’s in trouble, and James Gallagher’s using this as a sideshow distraction to introduce another gun law, so hopefully people will not see and pay attention to James Gallagher terrible record on their quality of life, the governor needs to focus his efforts on things that will lower the cost of living for Californians, actually solve homelessness, instead of one-off gestures that are n’t going to do anything to stop gun violence.

3. Mari Tufts:

   I did it so people will start to see that girls are not a distraction and to stop teaching young men that it is an acceptable excuse to be distracted from their education, i found there was no correlation between any of the photos that were in dress code or out of dress code. So I proved clothes that were dress code violations were no more distracting.

4. Michael Steinger:

   We believe there was some distraction that caused her to fail to enter timely and failed to just directly proceed on a green light, actually we met with Ms. Williams’ attorneys in the hallway prior to the hearing.

5. Gary Schuler:

   A classic emerald cut like this one allows for a wide expanse of pure material to be viewed without the distraction of a more complex facet arrangement, it's almost like looking at the glimmer of a reflecting pool.