Definition for Distraction:

• Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair.

Synonyms for Distraction:

• n.

  •
  • devilment,
  • gaieties,
  • fling.
  •
  • haze,
  • digression,
  • engrossment,
  • intrusion.
  •
  • excite.
  •act (noun)
  • misdirection,
  • distraction.
  •agitation (noun)
  • discomposure.
  •amusement (noun)
  • pleasure,
  • sport,
  • jocularity,
  • play,
  • stimulation,
  • whimsicality,
  • frivolity,
  • merriment,
  • levity,
  • tonic,
  • celebration,
  • Jolliness,
  • humor,
  • refreshment,
  • hilarity.
  •confusion (noun)
  • madness,
  • distress.
  •consternation (noun)
  • trepidities,
  • muddlements.
  •daze (noun)
  • lalalands,
  • narcosises,
  • muddlednesses,
  • nadavilles,
  • lalaland,
  • lala-lands,
  • lala land,
  • lala lands.
  •desperation (noun)
  • dis-comforts,
  • de solation,
  • dis-tresses,
  • de-solation,
  • dis tresses,
  • un happiness,
  • dis comforts,
  • de-solations,
  • un happinesses,
  • disconsolatenesses,
  • de solations,
  • dis-tress,
  • dis-comfort,
  • un-happinesses,
  • dis comfort,
  • dis tress,
  • un-happiness.
  •discomposure (noun)
  • dis-composures,
  • dis composures,
  • un easiness,
  • un-easinesses,
  • dis composure,
  • dis-composure,
  • un-easiness.
  •dissipation (noun)
  • blow outs,
  • selfindulgence,
  • self indulgence.
  •disturbance (noun)
  • dis-arrangement,
  • dis arrangements,
  • dis orders,
  • dis-arrangements,
  • up risings,
  • up rising,
  • ex plosion,
  • dis-order,
  • big stinks,
  • ex plosions,
  • dis order,
  • up-risings,
  • dis arrangement,
  • up-rising,
  • dis-orders,
  • ex-plosions,
  • big scenes,
  • ex-plosion.
  •diversion (noun)
  • fun gameses,
  • re-laxations,
  • field days,
  • merry go rounds,
  • re laxations,
  • fun games,
  • re-laxation,
  • de-light,
  • de light,
  • whoopees,
  • re laxation,
  • de lights,
  • fun and gameses,
  • de-lights.
  •dizziness (noun)
  • vertiginousness.
  •entertainment (noun)
  • lots of laugh,
  • re-lief,
  • merrymakings,
  • re lief,
  • lots laughs,
  • lots laugh,
  • regalements,
  • clambakes.
  •feint (noun)
  • makebelieve,
  • mock attacks,
  • pre texts,
  • pre tensions,
  • pre-text,
  • hoodwinkings,
  • pre-texts,
  • pre-tensions,
  • pre text.
  •frenzy (noun)
  • blow tops,
  • blow ones cork,
  • blow one stack,
  • blow ones top,
  • blow one corks,
  • blow fuse,
  • blow corks,
  • blow one's corks,
  • blow cork,
  • blow stacks,
  • flip lids,
  • blow one's stacks,
  • hell broke looses,
  • blow top,
  • blow stack,
  • blow one's tops,
  • blow one cork,
  • blow ones stack,
  • blow fuses,
  • blow one stacks,
  • dis tempers,
  • out-bursts,
  • out-burst,
  • dis temper,
  • out bursts,
  • blow one top,
  • flip one lid,
  • blow one tops,
  • out burst,
  • flip lid,
  • flip one lids,
  • blow a fuses,
  • dis-tempers,
  • blow ones corks,
  • dis-temper,
  • blow ones stacks,
  • flip ones lid,
  • blow ones tops,
  • flip one's lids,
  • free for all,
  • flip ones lids.
  •fun (noun)
  • non sense,
  • non-sense,
  • living up,
  • living ups,
  • non senses,
  • clownings,
  • living it ups,
  • jokings,
  • rompings,
  • non-senses.
  •game (noun)
  • jest.
  •having one's attention drawn away (noun)
  • complication,
  • interruption,
  • disorder,
  • interference,
  • commotion,
  • bewilderment,
  • aberration,
  • agitation.
  •hobby (noun)
  • schticks,
  • leisure pursuits,
  • labor love,
  • pet topics,
  • favorite occupations.
  •hopelessness (noun)
  • desperation.
  •inattention (noun)
  • disregard,
  • carelessness,
  • disregardfulness,
  • absence,
  • forgetfulness,
  • thoughtlessness,
  • aloofness,
  • apathy,
  • heedlessness,
  • obliviousness,
  • detachment,
  • befuddlement,
  • Inobservance,
  • oversight,
  • negligence,
  • Incuriosity,
  • absent-mindedness,
  • unconcern,
  • indifference,
  • inadvertence,
  • inattention,
  • disinterestedness,
  • lapse,
  • lack of interest,
  • unconsciousness.
  •insanity (noun)
  • senselessness,
  • witlessness,
  • Mental Disorders,
  • Psychoses,
  • psychosis,
  • mental disorder,
  • insaneness,
  • irresponsibility.
  •lunacy (noun)
  • asininities.
  •preoccupation (noun)
  • pre occupation,
  • pre occupations,
  • pre occupancies,
  • pre-occupation,
  • pre-occupancies,
  • captivations,
  • pre-occupancy,
  • pre occupancy,
  • pre-occupations.
  •recreation (noun)
  • re creations,
  • re-pose,
  • re pose,
  • re creation,
  • RECS,
  • r r.
  •red herring (noun)
  • diversionary tactics,
  • fool errand,
  • attentiongrabber,
  • dis tractor,
  • fools errand,
  • fool's errands,
  • wildgoose chase,
  • dis-tractors,
  • red-herring,
  • attention grabbers,
  • attentiongrabbers,
  • fools errands,
  • attention grabber,
  • false clues,
  • dis-tractor,
  • attention-grabbers,
  • dis tractors,
  • fool errands,
  • false trails.
  •riddle (noun)
  • sixty four dollar question,
  • sixtyfour dollar question,
  • closed books,
  • mind boggler,
  • mind bogglers,
  • tough propositions,
  • brain twister,
  • re-buses,
  • sixtyfour dollar questions,
  • brain-twisters,
  • knotty questions,
  • mindbogglers,
  • brain twisters,
  • sixty four dollar questions,
  • re buses,
  • braintwisters,
  • mind-bogglers,
  • tough nut crack,
  • sixty-four dollar questions.
  •sideline (noun)
  • side job,
  • moonlighting,
  • side project,
  • second job,
  • Subsidiaries.
  •vertiginousness (noun)
  • woozinesses,
  • lightheadednesses.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • quality of life,
  • abstraction,
  • rough-and-tumble,
  • frolic,
  • lark,
  • merry-making,
  • High Jinks,
  • gaiety,
  • unsettling,
  • Distracting,
  • diversionary,
  • riddle,
  • mischief,
  • quality time,
  • giggle,
  • horseplay,
  • play date.
  •
  • romp,
  • confusion,
  • off-putting,
  • savor.
  •
  • riot,
  • escape.
  •preoccupation
  • prepossession.
  •Other relevant words:
  • disconcert,
  • amaze,
  • deception,
  • deviation,
  • revision,
  • mental deficiency,
  • fluster,
  • paroxysm,
  • mental sickness,
  • merry,
  • inconsideration,
  • dither,
  • departure,
  • giddiness,
  • outburst,
  • ailment,
  • pretence,
  • irrationality,
  • bamboozlement,
  • furore,
  • sense of shame,
  • entertaining,
  • dote on,
  • manoeuvre,
  • inattentiveness,
  • fury,
  • confound,
  • craziness,
  • disturb,
  • agitate,
  • leisure,
  • fierceness,
  • throw,
  • rage,
  • flippancy,
  • reverie,
  • folie,
  • out of order,
  • dementia,
  • animal magnetism,
  • mental disease,
  • possession,
  • psychopathy,
  • pixilation,
  • stupefy,
  • sickness,
  • gambit,
  • unsoundness of mind,
  • ploy,
  • bafflement,
  • loss of mind,
  • unsoundness,
  • Rabidness,
  • burn,
  • unmindfulness,
  • anxiety,
  • oddness,
  • brainsickness,
  • complicate,
  • queerness,
  • abnormality,
  • flutter,
  • derangement,
  • Bewilderedness,
  • tactic,
  • avocation,
  • bemusement,
  • flurry,
  • astound,
  • furor,
  • bewilder,
  • head-scratching,
  • astonish,
  • get,
  • unsettle,
  • Phrensy,
  • seizure,
  • inadvertency,
  • bewitchery,
  • regardlessness,
  • alienation,
  • throw into disorder,
  • complaint,
  • unbalanced mind,
  • dodge,
  • mental disturbance,
  • nonobservance,
  • brain damage,
  • false move,
  • dissension,
  • sick mind,
  • fuddle,
  • flightiness,
  • brown study,
  • mismanagement,
  • confuse,
  • divert,
  • bout,
  • agitated,
  • perturbation,
  • stratagem,
  • dementedness,
  • mania,
  • mental illness,
  • superficiality,
  • enjoyment,
  • UNSOUND MIND,
  • idolize,
  • witty,
  • derange,
  • dote upon,
  • strangeness,
  • ruse,
  • hugger mugger,
  • despair,
  • shallowness,
  • nervousness,
  • anger,
  • daftness,
  • desire,
  • absorption,
  • deliriousness,
  • enjoyable,
  • upset,
  • delirium,
  • absorb,
  • distract,
  • frivolousness,
  • artifice,
  • discomfort,
  • joke,
  • Unobservance,
  • mental derangement,
  • unawareness,
  • in confusion,
  • hysterics,
  • mixing up,
  • unbalance,
  • daydreaming,
  • confused,
  • bother,
  • fever,
  • amuse,
  • funny,
  • abstractedness,
  • absence of mind,
  • disarray,
  • disquiet,
  • relief,
  • reasonlessness,
  • intoxication,
  • subterfuge,
  • unwariness,
  • leisure-time activity,
  • raving,
  • Unwatchfulness,
  • sideline,
  • confusedness,
  • adore,
  • fit,
  • bamboozle,
  • perplex,
  • bluff,
  • mystify,
  • comical,
  • entertain.

Paraphrases for Distraction:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    diversion.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    disarray.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    diversion, entertainment, confusion, amusement, provocation, lure.

Antonyms for Distraction:

• n.

  • having one's attention drawn away
    peace, work, profession, task, order, labor, calm, calmness.
  • Other antonyms:
    positiveness, repose, certitude, conviction, stillness, still, assurance, killjoy, Tranquilness, bummer, confidence, sureness, bore, quiet, drag, certainty, downer, restfulness, quietude.

Distraction Sentence Examples:

• It is just as if they had all been in love, had fallen out of love, and now were looking for some new distraction.

• When I woke my thoughts were in wild distraction, and a most peculiar condition of my skin held me fixed before the mirror.

Homophones for Distraction:

• destruction.

Hyponym for Distraction:

• n.

  • act
    revision, alteration.
  • cognition
    mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, inattention, confusion, disarray.