Definition for Divert:

• To turn aside; change the direction of; draw off the attention; amuse.

Synonyms for Divert:

• n.

  •
  • turn,
  • veer,
  • turn aside.
  •
  • scatter,
  • engage.
  •
  • confuse,
  • bamboozle,
  • bewilder,
  • discombobulate,
  • confound,
  • disturb,
  • sidetrack,
  • preoccupy,
  • disorient.
  •
  • swing,
  • shift,
  • pivot,
  • change.
  •
  • excite,
  • recreate,
  • regale.
  •divert (noun)
  • amuse,
  • disport,
  • hive off.
  •ruin (noun)
  • pervert.

• v.

  •amuse (verb)
  • charm,
  • delight,
  • distract,
  • refresh,
  • enthrall,
  • beguile,
  • relax,
  • please,
  • amuse,
  • entertain,
  • stimulate,
  • lighten.
  •amuse, entertain (verb)
  • gladden,
  • tickle,
  • wow,
  • regale,
  • panic,
  • beguile,
  • break one up,
  • relax,
  • get one's jollies,
  • knock 'em dead,
  • gratify,
  • slay,
  • make happy,
  • put 'em away,
  • fracture one,
  • recreate,
  • please,
  • delight.
  •decrease (verb)
  • detract.
  •dissuade (verb)
  • dampen,
  • disincline,
  • chill,
  • daunt,
  • check,
  • discourage,
  • bar,
  • avert,
  • restrain,
  • derail,
  • intimidate,
  • ban,
  • admonish,
  • inhibit,
  • deter,
  • dishearten,
  • depress,
  • prevent,
  • deflect,
  • dissuade.
  •refresh (verb)
  • freshen,
  • exhilarate,
  • recharge,
  • enliven,
  • restore,
  • renew,
  • resuscitate,
  • rally,
  • reinvigorate,
  • recoup,
  • recuperate,
  • recover,
  • invigorate,
  • rejuvenate.
  •take attention away (verb)
  • send on a wild-goose chase,
  • catch flies,
  • lead away,
  • abstract,
  • lead astray,
  • deter,
  • get around,
  • dissuade,
  • distract,
  • bend the rules,
  • Disadvise,
  • sidetrack,
  • discourage,
  • draw away,
  • attract attention,
  • disturb,
  • detach,
  • disengage,
  • circumlocute,
  • stall,
  • detract.
  •turn a different direction (verb)
  • change,
  • modify,
  • alter,
  • deflect,
  • redirect,
  • whirl,
  • sheer,
  • swerve,
  • switch,
  • pivot,
  • volte-face,
  • avert,
  • turn aside,
  • veer,
  • wheel,
  • whip.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • perplex,
  • disorient,
  • boggle,
  • bewilder,
  • discombobulate,
  • preoccupy.
  •
  • relieve,
  • confuse.
  •
  • regale,
  • revive,
  • waste.
  •
  • pivot.
  •
  • shift,
  • lose.
  •
  • turn.
  •amuse
  • kill,
  • panic,
  • entertain,
  • break one up,
  • recreate,
  • knock dead,
  • gratify.
  •avert
  • turn aside.
  •avoid
  • circumlocute.
  •deflect
  • volte-face,
  • fend.
  •occupy
  • hold attention.
  •steal
  • steal,
  • embezzle.
  •swerve
  • veer.
  •waste
  • Misemploy,
  • waste.
  •Other relevant words:
  • debase,
  • rambling,
  • fight off,
  • slacken,
  • relaxation,
  • pull,
  • tickle,
  • grab,
  • eliminate,
  • exchange,
  • gammon,
  • circumlocute,
  • delude,
  • block,
  • detract,
  • convince,
  • stuff up,
  • stray,
  • dissemble,
  • talk out of,
  • whirl,
  • bypass,
  • draw aside,
  • bias,
  • lose,
  • estrange,
  • sell,
  • misappropriate,
  • inveigle,
  • Trapan,
  • hold attention,
  • scatter,
  • confuse,
  • lead away,
  • subvert,
  • deviate,
  • fend off,
  • indulge,
  • death,
  • head off,
  • gambol,
  • Hocus,
  • discompose,
  • misapply,
  • frolic,
  • skylark,
  • quit,
  • comfort,
  • diffuse,
  • mismanage,
  • flummox,
  • thrill,
  • hum,
  • turn,
  • lark about,
  • head,
  • romp,
  • estrangement,
  • diffract,
  • take over,
  • conversion,
  • send on a wild-goose chase,
  • convulse,
  • enmesh,
  • pilfer,
  • entrance,
  • involve,
  • Disadvise,
  • veg out,
  • move,
  • wander,
  • pleasure,
  • abuse,
  • distraction,
  • intrigue,
  • direct,
  • veer,
  • turn over,
  • variation,
  • let in,
  • cheer,
  • shunt,
  • busy,
  • distinguish,
  • play,
  • bamboozle,
  • knock 'em dead,
  • detach,
  • captivate,
  • revive,
  • fend,
  • mislead,
  • content,
  • Forelay,
  • impress,
  • quench,
  • change course,
  • drift,
  • straggling,
  • misrepresent,
  • excite,
  • entangle,
  • allure,
  • flatter,
  • swerve,
  • disport,
  • turn away,
  • yaws,
  • misuse,
  • resist,
  • hairpin,
  • pivot,
  • frisk,
  • bring back,
  • raise a smile,
  • switch,
  • damp,
  • steal,
  • turn around,
  • tend,
  • bewitch,
  • employ,
  • hive off,
  • stop,
  • pastime,
  • discombobulate,
  • turn off,
  • ensnare,
  • Overjoy,
  • persuade,
  • pollute,
  • turn from,
  • solace,
  • falsify,
  • diversion,
  • slay,
  • Misemploy,
  • abstract,
  • lime,
  • zigzag,
  • difference,
  • sheer,
  • break one up,
  • change,
  • peculate,
  • bend the rules,
  • send back,
  • put out,
  • ease,
  • muddle,
  • transform,
  • boggle,
  • get one's jollies,
  • embezzle,
  • Nousle,
  • sprawling,
  • averting,
  • bend,
  • lean,
  • deflection,
  • befoul,
  • panic,
  • enchant,
  • volte-face,
  • diverge,
  • blunt,
  • catch flies,
  • Nousel,
  • pervert,
  • parry,
  • nick,
  • stave off,
  • channel,
  • curve,
  • trifle with,
  • call away,
  • lead astray,
  • migration,
  • Intrap,
  • regale,
  • talk into,
  • rechannel,
  • entertainment,
  • entrap,
  • put 'em away,
  • distort,
  • profane,
  • ward off,
  • titillate,
  • ward,
  • redirect,
  • fluster,
  • attract attention,
  • win over,
  • turn aside,
  • shift,
  • digress,
  • go back,
  • engross,
  • swing,
  • relief,
  • corrupt,
  • tilt,
  • cavort,
  • skew,
  • while,
  • throw back,
  • stall,
  • decoy,
  • perplex,
  • absorb,
  • seize,
  • drain,
  • drive back,
  • draw off,
  • avoid,
  • convert,
  • mishandle,
  • monopolize,
  • run-around,
  • misconstrue,
  • repel,
  • sublimate,
  • alienation,
  • disorient,
  • kidnap,
  • transmute,
  • sidetrack,
  • turn back,
  • sway,
  • relieve,
  • trip up,
  • spellbind,
  • wow,
  • deceive,
  • cool,
  • wean,
  • misguide,
  • trepan,
  • amusement,
  • knock dead,
  • recreate,
  • alter,
  • departure,
  • dazzle,
  • prostitute,
  • intercept,
  • grip,
  • refract,
  • interest,
  • cajole,
  • Springe,
  • violate,
  • incline,
  • balk,
  • humour,
  • wheel,
  • turn up,
  • foul,
  • maladminister,
  • bring round,
  • shy,
  • detour,
  • catch,
  • withdraw,
  • rest,
  • demise,
  • humbug,
  • waste,
  • Immesh,
  • disperse,
  • modify,
  • suit,
  • fascinate,
  • whip,
  • tickle pink,
  • twist,
  • aberration,
  • defalcate,
  • engage,
  • enjoyment,
  • Moider,
  • fracture one,
  • confound,
  • satisfy,
  • re-route,
  • defile,
  • Sniggle,
  • Illaqueate,
  • fracture,
  • desecrate,
  • gladden,
  • decease,
  • occupy,
  • disinterest,
  • Intervert,
  • draw away,
  • disengage,
  • enrapture,
  • hook in,
  • preoccupy,
  • warp,
  • slant,
  • recreation,
  • bewilder,
  • disconcert,
  • come over,
  • get around,
  • deviation,
  • loosen up,
  • tickle to death,
  • influence,
  • indispose,
  • lure,
  • crook,
  • depart,
  • exit,
  • disaffect,
  • dogleg,
  • shanghai,
  • bait the hook,
  • misdirect,
  • raise a laugh,
  • waylay,
  • treat,
  • hold,
  • enliven,
  • throw,
  • gratify,
  • make happy,
  • kill.

Antonyms for Divert:

• v.

  • amuse, entertain
    pain, disturb, depress, annoy, disappoint, worry.
  • take attention away
    combine, attach, unite, connect, encourage.
  • turn a different direction
    stay, anger, irritate, straighten, maintain, keep to, make mad, be direct, upset.
  • Other antonyms:
    complete, increase, restore, add, tire, conjoin, fill up, strengthen, vex, jade, nettle.