What is another word for distraction?
267 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ d_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈa_k_ʃ_ə_n], [ dɪstɹˈakʃən], [ dɪstɹˈakʃən]Table of Contents
Similar words for distraction:- act (noun)
- agitation (noun)
- amusement (noun)
- confusion (noun)
- consternation (noun)
- daze (noun)
- desperation (noun)
- discomposure (noun)
- dissipation (noun)
- disturbance (noun)
- diversion (noun)
- dizziness (noun)
- entertainment (noun)
- feint (noun)
- frenzy (noun)
- fun (noun)
- game (noun)
- having one's attention drawn away (noun)
- hobby (noun)
- hopelessness (noun)
- preoccupation (noun)
- psychopathy (noun)
- recreation (noun)
- red herring (noun)
- riddle (noun)
- sideline (noun)
- vertiginousness (noun)
- other synonyms
- preoccupation
Definition for Distraction:
Synonyms for Distraction:
n.
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- haze,
- digression,
- engrossment,
- intrusion.
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- excite.
- pleasure,
- sport,
- jocularity,
- play,
- stimulation,
- whimsicality,
- frivolity,
- merriment,
- levity,
- tonic,
- celebration,
- Jolliness,
- humor,
- refreshment,
- hilarity.
- 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.
- dis-composures,
- dis composures,
- un easiness,
- un-easinesses,
- dis composure,
- dis-composure,
- un-easiness.
- 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.
- 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.
- makebelieve,
- mock attacks,
- pre texts,
- pre tensions,
- pre-text,
- hoodwinkings,
- pre-texts,
- pre-tensions,
- pre text.
- 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.
- non sense,
- non-sense,
- living up,
- living ups,
- non senses,
- clownings,
- living it ups,
- jokings,
- rompings,
- non-senses.
- jest.
- pre occupation,
- pre occupations,
- pre occupancies,
- pre-occupation,
- pre-occupancies,
- captivations,
- pre-occupancy,
- pre occupancy,
- pre-occupations.
- re creations,
- re-pose,
- re pose,
- re creation,
- RECS,
- r r.
- 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.
- 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.
Other synonyms:
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- 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.
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- romp,
- confusion,
- off-putting,
- savor.
Paraphrases for Distraction:
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Forward Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
diversion.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
disarray.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
diversion, entertainment, confusion, amusement, provocation, lure.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Distraction:
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Other antonyms:
positiveness, repose, certitude, conviction, stillness, still, assurance, killjoy, Tranquilness, bummer, confidence, sureness, bore, quiet, drag, certainty, downer, restfulness, quietude.
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Distraction Sentence Examples:
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It is just as if they had all been in love, had fallen out of love, and now were looking for some new distraction.
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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:
Hyponym for Distraction:
n.
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act
revision, alteration.
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cognition
mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, inattention, confusion, disarray.
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act