What is another word for distract?
1057 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dɪstɹˈakt], [ dɪstɹˈakt], [ d_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈa_k_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for distract:- cark (noun)
- deflect (noun)
- disorder (noun)
- disquiet (noun)
- distract (noun)
- agitate (verb)
- agitate, confuse (verb)
- amuse (verb)
- befuddle (verb)
- beguile (verb)
- bewilder (verb)
- bother, trouble (verb)
- bother, upset (verb)
- cloud (verb)
- confuse (verb)
- confuse, shock (verb)
- craze (verb)
- daze (verb)
- derange (verb)
- disturb (verb)
- divert (verb)
- divert attention; confuse (verb)
- embarrass (verb)
- emotion (verb)
- entertain (verb)
- flurry (verb)
- fluster (verb)
- madden (verb)
- make insane (verb)
- mix up (verb)
- puzzle (verb)
- rattle (verb)
- unhinge (verb)
- unnerve (verb)
- upset (verb)
- upset, intimidate (verb)
- other synonyms
- agitate
- befuddle
- cloud
- confuse
- craze
- derange
- madden
- muddle
Synonyms for Distract:
n.
•cark (noun)- cark.
v.
•agitate (verb)- dis-concert,
- de bated,
- dis cuss,
- in cited,
- burns up,
- ex cite,
- dis tracts,
- dis-concerted,
- dis quiets,
- dis-compose,
- dis quiet,
- ex cited,
- dis-composes,
- bugged up,
- making flip,
- in cite,
- dis-cusses,
- pushes buttons,
- dis compose,
- dis-quiet,
- made flip,
- in-flame,
- dis concerts,
- dis cusses,
- burnt up,
- dis-composing,
- de-bates,
- dis concerting,
- de bate,
- in-cited,
- in-citing,
- dis concerted,
- makes flip,
- dis cussed,
- de bates,
- dis cussing,
- dis-quieting,
- dis-concerts,
- in flame,
- dis-tracts,
- in-cites,
- dis composed,
- dis-tract,
- in flaming,
- ex-cite,
- dis-cuss,
- ex-cited,
- in-cite,
- gotten to,
- dis-quieted,
- in citing,
- in-flamed,
- in-flames,
- ex-cites,
- dis composes,
- de-bating,
- dis-quiets,
- in flamed,
- dis quieted,
- in-flaming,
- dis concert,
- dis-concerting,
- bugging up,
- de-bated,
- de-bate,
- in cites,
- ex cites,
- dis-cussing,
- de bating,
- dis quieting,
- dis tract,
- dis composing,
- dis-composed,
- ex citing,
- bugs up,
- dis-cussed,
- pushing buttons,
- gat to,
- pushed buttons.
- entertain,
- please,
- divert,
- enthrall,
- lighten,
- relax,
- refresh,
- stimulate,
- beguile,
- delight,
- charm,
- amuse.
- dis orient,
- making punchy,
- be-fuddled,
- dis oriented,
- dis-orients,
- dis orients,
- be fuddled,
- be fuddling,
- be fuddle,
- dis orienting,
- dis-oriented,
- dis-orienting,
- be-fuddling,
- made punchy,
- makes punchy,
- be fuddles,
- dis-orient,
- be-fuddles,
- be-fuddle.
- swept one feet,
- de lights,
- de-lights,
- sweeps off ones feet,
- de lighted,
- tickle to death,
- be-guiles,
- swept ones feet,
- tickles to death,
- entices,
- sweeps off one feet,
- sweep off one's feet,
- sweeps feet,
- knocks dead,
- sweeps one's feet,
- sweeping one feet,
- sweep off feet,
- swept off one feet,
- swept off feet,
- sweep one feet,
- sweeps off one's feet,
- swept feet,
- sweeping feet,
- sweeps ones feet,
- de-lighting,
- tickling to death,
- knock dead,
- knocked dead,
- tickling,
- sweeping ones feet,
- sweeping off ones feet,
- tickle pink,
- sweeping off one feet,
- tickle death,
- swept one's feet,
- be guile,
- de-light,
- be guiles,
- tickling death,
- sweep off ones feet,
- tickled death,
- sweeping one's feet,
- de lighting,
- sweeping off one's feet,
- tickling pink,
- swept off ones feet,
- swept off one's feet,
- sweeping off feet,
- knocking dead,
- be-guile,
- tickled to death,
- sweep ones feet,
- de-lighted,
- sweep off one feet,
- sweeps off feet,
- de light,
- tickles death,
- sweeps one feet,
- slain,
- tickles pink,
- sweep one's feet,
- sweep feet.
- be-wildered,
- messed with one's head,
- be wilders,
- messes with head,
- be wildered,
- mess with head,
- be wilder,
- be muse,
- messing with one head,
- Snowed,
- mess with ones head,
- messing with ones head,
- messes with one's head,
- be-wilders,
- be-musing,
- be mused,
- messes with ones head,
- be musing,
- Snowing,
- be wildering,
- be-muse,
- be-wilder,
- messing with head,
- mystify,
- messed with one head,
- messes with one head,
- mystified,
- mess with one head,
- be-mused,
- messed with head,
- messing with one's head,
- mess with one's head,
- be-wildering,
- messed with ones head.
- be clouding,
- dis torts,
- be clouds,
- dis tort,
- dis-torts,
- be-cloud,
- be-clouds,
- be-clouded,
- be clouded,
- be-clouding,
- dis-tort.
- dis-countenance,
- throw balance,
- be devilling,
- mis lead,
- dis-countenancing,
- de moralized,
- dis-countenances,
- be-devils,
- mis-lead,
- de moralize,
- renders uncertain,
- mis-inform,
- dis-countenanced,
- mis-informing,
- mis inform,
- be-deviled,
- mis leading,
- de-moralizes,
- mis-leading,
- de-moralizing,
- threw off balance,
- un settle,
- de moralizes,
- mis-leads,
- un-settle,
- dis-comfits,
- rendering uncertain,
- mis informed,
- be deviling,
- mis leads,
- be devils,
- be-devil,
- throwing balance,
- be deviled,
- throws balance,
- un-settles,
- un settling,
- be-devilled,
- dis countenance,
- be devil,
- mis informing,
- de-moralize,
- mis informs,
- be-devilling,
- dis comfits,
- rendered uncertain,
- dis-comfit,
- de moralizing,
- mis-informed,
- mis-informs,
- un-settling,
- dis comfit,
- dis countenances,
- throwing off balance,
- leads astray,
- threw balance,
- un settles,
- de-moralized,
- be-deviling,
- un settled,
- dis countenanced,
- be devilled,
- dis countenancing,
- un-settled.
- daze.
- dis-tempers,
- dis temper,
- dementing,
- dis tempering,
- driving mad,
- un-balance,
- un balancing,
- dis-tempering,
- drove mad,
- dis-tempered,
- drives mad,
- dis tempered,
- dements,
- un balances,
- un-balanced,
- un-balancing,
- un-balances,
- drave mad,
- dis-temper,
- dis tempers,
- un balance.
- over-powers,
- over whelming,
- over-powering,
- be numbs,
- numbing,
- be-fogged,
- befogs,
- sur prises,
- befogged,
- sur-prise,
- be numb,
- over-whelm,
- be-fogging,
- dis-ordered,
- over power,
- be-numb,
- be numbed,
- be fogging,
- over-whelmed,
- dis-ordering,
- over powers,
- Dizzied,
- be-numbing,
- be fog,
- be fogs,
- Befogging,
- be numbing,
- sur prise,
- sur-prising,
- befog,
- blinded,
- sur prising,
- be-fog,
- dis-order,
- sur-prises,
- over-power,
- over whelmed,
- dis order,
- dis-orders,
- over-powered,
- dis ordered,
- over powered,
- be fogged,
- over-whelming,
- be-numbs,
- blinding,
- be-numbed,
- dis orders,
- over whelm,
- over-whelms,
- over whelms,
- sur-prised,
- be-fogs,
- dizzies,
- over powering,
- dis ordering.
- dis places,
- dis-organizing,
- dis place,
- dis arrayed,
- dis organize,
- dis arrays,
- dis organizes,
- dis placed,
- dis organized,
- de ranges,
- dis commodes,
- de ranging,
- dis-commode,
- dis-arrange,
- dis arranging,
- makes insane,
- dis-array,
- dis array,
- mis place,
- dis-arrayed,
- dis-arranging,
- dis arranged,
- de-ranging,
- dis-organized,
- dis-commodes,
- dis-organize,
- dis commode,
- dis-placed,
- mis placed,
- mis-place,
- dis-placing,
- making insane,
- dis-arranged,
- made insane,
- mis-places,
- de ranged,
- de range,
- dis placing,
- mis-placed,
- dis-places,
- dis arrange,
- mis places,
- dis arraying,
- dis-arrays,
- dis arranges,
- mis-placing,
- dis organizing,
- dis-arranges,
- mis placing,
- de-range,
- de-ranged,
- dis-arraying,
- dis-place,
- dis-organizes,
- de-ranges.
- dis tresses,
- dis-tressed,
- make uneasy,
- made uneasy,
- dis tress,
- out-rages,
- dis-hearten,
- de-pressed,
- out-raging,
- dis-tresses,
- dis-heartened,
- dis-tress,
- out rages,
- makes uneasy,
- de press,
- dis hearten,
- dis heartened,
- molest,
- dis-heartens,
- de pressing,
- dis-heartening,
- out raged,
- inter feres,
- inter-fere,
- dis tressed,
- making uneasy,
- inter fere,
- de presses,
- grieve,
- out-raged,
- inter-feres,
- de-presses,
- out raging,
- de-pressing,
- de pressed,
- out-rage,
- de-press,
- dis heartening,
- dis heartens.
- sends on a wild goose chase,
- send wildgoose chase,
- leading away,
- sends on a wild-goose chase,
- Disadvise,
- de-tract,
- sending on a wild goose chase,
- lead away,
- sending wildgoose chase,
- send on a wild goose chase,
- dis-courage,
- send a wild goose chase,
- sending on wild-goose chase,
- de-taches,
- de-tach,
- sending a wild goose chase,
- dis engages,
- dis engage,
- sends a wildgoose chase,
- sending on a wild-goose chase,
- dis advise,
- attract attention,
- bended rules,
- sends on wildgoose chase,
- dis-engage,
- sends on wild-goose chase,
- sending on wildgoose chase,
- sending wild-goose chase,
- dis engaged,
- dis-engages,
- bends the rules,
- catch flies,
- draw away,
- sending on a wildgoose chase,
- dis engaging,
- gets around,
- draws away,
- send on a wild-goose chase,
- send a wild-goose chase,
- gat around,
- sent on wildgoose chase,
- dis-advising,
- circumlocutes,
- dis advised,
- disadvising,
- sent wild goose chase,
- caught flies,
- circumlocuted,
- dis-advised,
- sends wild-goose chase,
- sent a wild goose chase,
- circumlocute,
- bend rules,
- got around,
- sent wildgoose chase,
- dis-courages,
- led away,
- disadvised,
- dis advises,
- sent a wild-goose chase,
- send wild-goose chase,
- sent a wildgoose chase,
- send on a wildgoose chase,
- bended the rules,
- de-tracts,
- bending rules,
- bending the rules,
- sends on wild goose chase,
- sending wild goose chase,
- send on wild-goose chase,
- sent on wild-goose chase,
- dis-advises,
- send wild goose chase,
- sent on a wildgoose chase,
- de tract,
- sends a wild goose chase,
- de tracts,
- sending a wild-goose chase,
- sent on wild goose chase,
- attracting attention,
- bends rules,
- sent on a wild goose chase,
- sends wildgoose chase,
- sending a wildgoose chase,
- drawing away,
- dis-advise,
- bent the rules,
- getting around,
- dis-engaging,
- attracted attention,
- sends a wild-goose chase,
- send on wild goose chase,
- sent wild-goose chase,
- attracts attention,
- sends wild goose chase,
- sent on a wild-goose chase,
- dis courages,
- gotten around,
- circumlocuting,
- dis advising,
- disadvises,
- dis-engaged,
- bent rules,
- bend the rules,
- send a wildgoose chase,
- dis courage,
- leads away,
- de taches,
- drew away,
- sends on a wildgoose chase,
- de tach,
- catches flies,
- catching flies,
- send on wildgoose chase,
- sending on wild goose chase.
- frenzy,
- throw off,
- abstract,
- call away,
- engross,
- madden,
- harass,
- torment,
- unbalance,
- derange,
- addle,
- disconcert,
- turn aside,
- detract,
- stall.
- hanging up,
- puts a hole,
- putting a hole,
- gives bad time,
- giving a bad time,
- putting the spot,
- putting in spot,
- puts on the spot,
- embarrassing,
- threw into tizzy,
- put on the spot,
- put in hole,
- put in spot,
- throw into a tizzy,
- puts on spot,
- give bad time,
- made monkey of,
- putting out countenance,
- put a hole,
- gives a bad time,
- puts out of countenance,
- puts out countenance,
- put the spot,
- throw into tizzy,
- hang up,
- making monkey of,
- made a monkey of,
- throws into tizzy,
- throws into a tizzy,
- gives hard time,
- puts in a spot,
- puts in a hole,
- putting in hole,
- put spot,
- throwing into a tizzy,
- put a spot,
- throwing in to a tizzy,
- putting spot,
- giving bad time,
- threw in to tizzy,
- putting in a spot,
- catches one short,
- throws in to tizzy,
- threw into a tizzy,
- puts spot,
- giving a hard time,
- gave bad time,
- give a bad time,
- throwing in to tizzy,
- catching short,
- caught one short,
- making a monkey of,
- put in a spot,
- puts in spot,
- gave a hard time,
- put in a hole,
- hanged up,
- putting in a hole,
- give hard time,
- put hole,
- catch one short,
- threw in to a tizzy,
- catching one short,
- give a hard time,
- put on spot,
- catches short,
- hangs up,
- puts in hole,
- giving hard time,
- throw in to a tizzy,
- putting a spot,
- gave a bad time,
- caught short,
- make a monkey of,
- throw in to tizzy,
- catch short,
- puts hole,
- makes monkey of,
- put out of countenance,
- gives a hard time,
- throwing into tizzy,
- throws in to a tizzy,
- puts a spot,
- putting hole,
- put out countenance,
- make monkey of,
- putting on spot,
- puts the spot,
- makes a monkey of,
- gave hard time,
- putting out of countenance,
- putting on the spot.
- in spiring,
- ecstasizes,
- in-spired,
- in spirit,
- re gales,
- in spired,
- ecstasized,
- in-spiriting,
- made merry,
- Regaled,
- in spiriting,
- re create,
- re lax,
- in spirits,
- in-spirits,
- in spirited,
- makes merry,
- re gale,
- in spires,
- re-lax,
- in-spirited,
- make merry,
- ecstasize,
- Humored,
- Regaling,
- in-spiring,
- in-spire,
- re-gales,
- humoring,
- in-spires,
- re-gale,
- in-spirit,
- making merry,
- in spire,
- ecstasizing.
- make nervous,
- made waves,
- heating,
- makes waves,
- make waves,
- makes nervous,
- making waves,
- made nervous,
- making nervous,
- Flipping.
- drives out mind,
- ex-asperate,
- drove distraction,
- iring,
- drave out mind,
- drives to distraction,
- drive out mind,
- ex-asperating,
- drives distraction,
- drave to distraction,
- ex-asperated,
- in censed,
- drave out of mind,
- drove out of mind,
- driving to distraction,
- drave distraction,
- in-censed,
- making see red,
- drove crazy,
- in-cense,
- drives crazy,
- umbraged,
- ex asperate,
- driving insane,
- umbraging,
- in cense,
- driving out mind,
- driving out of mind,
- drive distraction,
- driving crazy,
- steams up,
- in-censes,
- drives out of mind,
- drave insane,
- ex-asperates,
- driving distraction,
- makes see red,
- ex asperates,
- in censes,
- made see red,
- drave crazy,
- drove out mind,
- drove insane,
- in-censing,
- ex asperating,
- drives insane.
- mis taken,
- mis-took,
- mis takes,
- mis-taking,
- snafuing,
- mis taking,
- mis-takes,
- mis took,
- mis take,
- mis-take,
- snafued.
- profundicate,
- profundicating,
- buffaloing,
- profundicated,
- profundicates,
- psyching out,
- psyched out,
- psychs out,
- Buffaloes,
- psych out,
- buffaloed,
- puzzling.
- rattles cage,
- rattled cage,
- rattled one's cage,
- rattles one's cage,
- rattle ones cage,
- rattling one cage,
- rattle one cage,
- rattled one cage,
- rattles one cage,
- rattling one's cage,
- rattled ones cage,
- rattling ones cage,
- rattle cage,
- rattles ones cage,
- rattling cage,
- rattle one's cage.
- un hinged,
- un-couples,
- dis-connected,
- un fastening,
- un fastens,
- un-hitch,
- un couple,
- un hinges,
- un-fasten,
- un-hinging,
- un-hinged,
- un-fastening,
- dis connected,
- un-hitches,
- dis-connecting,
- un-coupling,
- un-coupled,
- un hitching,
- un coupled,
- dis connect,
- un-hitched,
- un-hitching,
- dis-connects,
- un coupling,
- un hitched,
- un-fastens,
- dis connecting,
- dis connects,
- un hinge,
- un hitch,
- un-couple,
- un-hinge,
- un couples,
- un-hinges,
- un fasten,
- un hitches,
- un-fastened,
- un hinging,
- dis-connect,
- un fastened.
- under-mining,
- dis mayed,
- unnerved,
- uncalmed,
- dis maying,
- un-nerving,
- un-nerves,
- gives turn,
- uncalming,
- un calmed,
- un calming,
- un-calm,
- dis arms,
- un nerving,
- un-calming,
- dis armed,
- un nerve,
- under mining,
- under-mined,
- un-calmed,
- dis-arming,
- un-nerve,
- giving turn,
- un nerves,
- giving a turn,
- un calms,
- dis mays,
- un-nerved,
- uncalms,
- Uncalm,
- un-calms,
- give turn,
- under mined,
- dis arming,
- dis-may,
- dis may,
- dis-maying,
- give a turn,
- un calm,
- un nerved,
- gave a turn,
- dis-arms,
- dis-armed,
- dis-mays,
- gave turn,
- dis-mayed,
- gives a turn.
- up-setting,
- indisposes,
- fire up,
- rock boat,
- keyed up,
- making scene,
- making a scene,
- in disposing,
- up set,
- in-dispose,
- in-disposed,
- made a scene,
- Pothered,
- keys up,
- make a scene,
- Indisposing,
- in-disposing,
- up-set,
- up-sets,
- made scene,
- adjy,
- makes a scene,
- in-capacitated,
- keying up,
- in-capacitate,
- in-disposes,
- adjied,
- makes scene,
- up sets,
- indispose,
- make scene,
- in disposed,
- up setting,
- flip out,
- fires up,
- Pothering,
- in capacitate,
- in dispose,
- in-capacitating,
- key up,
- in capacitates,
- adjying,
- adjies,
- in capacitated,
- in capacitating,
- firing up,
- in disposes.
Other synonyms:
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- disorientate,
- disorient,
- bewilder,
- preoccupy,
- embarrass,
- perplex,
- throw off the track or scent,
- discombobulate,
- upstage,
- boggle.
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- fluster,
- ruffle,
- discompose.
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- rock.
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- shake.
- psychs,
- turning on,
- ventilated,
- psyching,
- getting to,
- in flames,
- get to,
- stir,
- burn up,
- burned up,
- burning up,
- gets to,
- PSYCH,
- got to,
- make flip,
- perturb,
- bug up,
- work up,
- ventilate.
- Fuddling,
- befuddle,
- stir up,
- lead astray,
- render uncertain,
- fuddles,
- throws off balance,
- misinformed,
- led astray,
- stirred up,
- mix up,
- stirs up,
- throw off balance,
- stirring up,
- leading astray,
- fuddle,
- throw,
- fuddled.
- frenzying,
- infatuates,
- unbalancing,
- infatuate,
- drive mad,
- Dement,
- Infatuating,
- Distempered,
- Distempering.
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Other Related
Antonyms for Distract:
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v.
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divert attention; confuse
comfort, make happy, clear up, explain, help, tire, soothe, upset, bore, clarify, calm, anger.
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Other antonyms:
conjoin, placate, compose, settle, tranquilize, combine, alleviate, strengthen, mollify, assuage, allay, quiet, complete, concentrate, conciliate, propitiate, increase, appease, restore, unite, focus, fill up, pacify, add.
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divert attention; confuse
Homophones for Distract:
Hyponym for Distract:
v.
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emotion
confuse, put off, disconcert, flurry.
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emotion