'Diversion' definitions:
Definition of 'diversion'
(from WordNet)
noun
An activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" [syn: diversion, recreation]
noun
A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [syn: diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation]
noun
An attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack [syn: diversion, diversionary attack]
Definition of 'Diversion'
From: GCIDE
- Diversion \Di*ver"sion\, n. [Cf. F. diversion. See Divert.]
- 1. The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which diverts; that which turns or draws the mind from care or study, and thus relaxes and amuses; sport; play; pastime; as, the diversions of youth. "Public diversions." --V. Knox. [1913 Webster]
- Such productions of wit and humor as expose vice and folly, furnish useful diversion to readers. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mil.) The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts.
- Syn: Amusement; entertainment; pastime; recreation; sport; game; play; solace; merriment. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'diversion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrancy,
- aberration,
- about-face,
- abuse,
- abuse of office,
- accommodation,
- adaptation,
- adjustment,
- aerial tactics,
- aggravated assault,
- aggression,
- airborne tactics,
- alteration,
- amelioration,
- amphibious attack,
- amusement,
- apostasy,
- applied tactics,
- armed assault,
- armored tactics,
- assailing,
- assailment,
- assault,
- attack,
- banzai attack,
- barrier tactics,
- befoulment,
- bend,
- betterment,
- bias,
- blitz,
- blitzkrieg,
- branching off,
- break,
- breakthrough,
- bypass,
- cavalry tactics,
- change,
- change of heart,
- changeableness,
- charge,
- circuitousness,
- constructive change,
- continuity,
- conversion,
- corner,
- corrupt administration,
- counterattack,
- counteroffensive,
- coup de main,
- crippling attack,
- crook,
- curve,
- dead set at,
- debasement,
- declination,
- defalcation,
- defection,
- defensive strategy,
- defilement,
- deflection,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- delectation,
- departure,
- descent on,
- desecration,
- deterioration,
- detour,
- deviance,
- deviancy,
- deviation,
- deviousness,
- difference,
- digression,
- discontinuity,
- discursion,
- disport,
- dissipation,
- distractedness,
- distraction,
- divagation,
- divarication,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- diversionary attack,
- diversity,
- divertisement,
- divertissement,
- divided attention,
- dogleg,
- double,
- drift,
- drifting,
- drive,
- embezzlement,
- encirclement,
- enjoyment,
- entertainment,
- errantry,
- excursion,
- excursus,
- exorbitation,
- feint,
- fire tactics,
- fitting,
- flank attack,
- flip-flop,
- fouling,
- frivolity,
- frontal attack,
- fun,
- game,
- gas attack,
- gradual change,
- hairpin,
- head-on attack,
- improvement,
- inattention,
- indirection,
- infantry tactics,
- infiltration,
- investment,
- levity,
- lightning attack,
- lightning war,
- maladministration,
- malfeasance,
- malpractice,
- malversation,
- mass attack,
- megadeath,
- melioration,
- mirth,
- misapplication,
- misappropriation,
- misconduct,
- misemployment,
- misfeasance,
- mishandling,
- mismanagement,
- misusage,
- misuse,
- mitigation,
- mob tactics,
- mobile tactics,
- modification,
- modulation,
- mugging,
- obliquity,
- offense,
- offensive,
- onset,
- onslaught,
- overkill,
- overthrow,
- panzer warfare,
- passe-temps,
- pastime,
- peculation,
- pererration,
- perversion,
- pilfering,
- pincers movement,
- play,
- pleasure,
- pollution,
- poor stewardship,
- profanation,
- prostitution,
- push,
- qualification,
- radical change,
- rambling,
- re-creation,
- realignment,
- recreation,
- redesign,
- reform,
- reformation,
- regalement,
- relaxation,
- relish,
- remaking,
- renewal,
- reshaping,
- restructuring,
- reversal,
- revival,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- run against,
- run at,
- rush,
- sally,
- sheer,
- shift,
- shifting,
- shifting course,
- shifting path,
- shock tactics,
- sidetrack,
- skew,
- slant,
- solace,
- sortie,
- sport,
- strategy,
- straying,
- strike,
- sudden change,
- sweep,
- swerve,
- swerving,
- swinging,
- switch,
- tack,
- tactics,
- total change,
- transition,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- turning,
- twist,
- unprovoked assault,
- upheaval,
- variation,
- variety,
- veer,
- violation,
- violent change,
- wandering,
- warp,
- withdrawal of attention,
- worsening,
- yaw,
- zigzag