Synonyms of the word

diversion

• n. (military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
• n. A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
• n. The act of diverting.
• n. Removal of water via a canal.
• n. (transport) A detour, such as during road construction.
• n. (transport) The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a…
• n. (law) Officially halting or suspending a formal criminal or juvenile justice proceeding and referral of…

activity

• n. The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active…
• n. Something done as an action or a movement.
• n. Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
• n. Use (of internet, Playstation, bank account etc.).

attack

• n. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
• n. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by…
• n. A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.
• n. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
• n. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane…
• n. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
• n. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
• n. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
• n. (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that…
• n. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level…
• v. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
• v. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines,…
• v. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
• v. (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
• v. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
• v. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.

deflection

• n. The act of deflecting or something deflected.
• n. The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.

deflexion

• n. Britain spelling of deflection.

deviation

• n. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule,…
• n. The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
• n. (contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual…
• n. (Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile…
• n. (statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed…
• n. (metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.

digression

• n. A departure from the subject, course, or idea at hand; an exploration of a different or unrelated concern.

divagation

• n. Straying off from a course or way.
• n. (medicine) Incoherent or wandering speech and thought.

onrush

• n. A forceful rush or flow forward.
• n. An aggressive assault.
• v. To rush or flow forward forcefully.
• v. To assault aggressively.

onset

• n. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
• n. (medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
• n. (phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
• n. (acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to…
• n. (obsolete) A setting about; a beginning.
• n. (obsolete) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
• n. the start (of something).
• v. (obsolete) To assault; to set upon.
• v. (obsolete) To set about; to begin.

onslaught

• n. A fierce attack.
• n. A large number of people or things resembling an attack.

recreation

• n. Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
• n. The process of recreating something.
• n. The result of this process.

turn

• v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
• v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
• v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
• v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
• v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
• v. (archaic) To translate.
• n. A change of direction or orientation.
• n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
• n. A single loop of a coil.
• n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
• n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
• n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
• n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
• n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
• n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
• n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
• n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
• n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
• n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
• n. A deed done to another.
• n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
• n. Character; personality; nature.
• n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

turning

• n. (Britain) A turn or deviation from a straight course.
• n. (field hockey) At hockey, a foul committed by a player attempting to hit the ball who interposes their…
• n. The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
• n. The act of turning.
• n. (plural only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
• v. present participle of turn.