Dictionary entry details
• DIVERSION (noun)
Meaning:
An activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
diversion; recreation
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("diversion" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diversion"):
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
caper; frolic; gambol; play; romp (gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement)
child's play; play (activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules)
interest; pastime; pursuit (a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly))
night life; nightlife (the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.))
jest; jocularity; joke (activity characterized by good humor)
game (an amusement or pastime)
gambling; gaming; play (the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize))
fun; merriment; playfulness (activities that are enjoyable or amusing)
eurhythmics; eurhythmy; eurythmics; eurythmy (the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding)
escape; escapism (an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy)
escapade; lark (any carefree episode)
amusement; entertainment (an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention)
dance; dancing; saltation; terpsichore (taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music)
celebration; festivity (any joyous diversion)
bathing (immersing the body in water or sunshine)
antic; caper; joke; prank; put-on; trick (a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement)
Meaning:
A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
diversion; digression; divagation; deflexion; deflection; deviation
Context examples:
a diversion from the main highway / a digression into irrelevant details / a deflection from his goal
Hypernyms ("diversion" is a kind of...):
turn; turning (the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diversion"):
red herring (any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue)
Meaning:
An attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
diversionary attack; diversion
Hypernyms ("diversion" is a kind of...):
attack; onrush; onset; onslaught ((military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diversion"):
diversionary landing (an amphibious diversionary attack)
