| Main Entry: | distraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | having one's attention drawn away |
Synonyms: |
aberration, abstraction, agitation, amusement, beguilement, bewilderment, commotion, complication, confusion, disorder, dissipation, disturbance, diversion, divertissement, engrossment, entertainment, frenzy, game, interference, interruption, pastime, perplexity, preoccupation, recreation |
| Main Entry: | absent-mindedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preoccupation |
Synonyms: |
absorption, abstraction, distraction, dreaminess, forgetfulness, heedlessness, inattention |
| Main Entry: | amusement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | game, pastime |
Synonyms: |
distraction, diversion, entertainment, hobby, interest, joke, lark, play, prank, recreation, sport |
Antonyms: |
work |
| Main Entry: | confusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorientation |
Synonyms: |
abashing, abashment, addling, agitation, befuddlement, befuddling, bemusement, bewilderment, blurring, chagrin, cluttering, commotion, confounding, demoralization, disarranging, discomfiting, discomfiture, disorientation, distraction, disturbing, dither, dumbfounding, embarrassing, embarrassment, embroiling, flap, fluster, lather, mixup mystification, obscuring, perplexing, perplexity, perturbation, pother, puzzlement, stew, stirring up, tangling, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unsettling, upsetting |
Antonyms: |
clarity, order, organization, orientation, sense |
| Main Entry: | confusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disoriented state |
Synonyms: |
abashment, ado, anarchy, astonishment, bustle, chaos, clutter, commotion, complexity, complication, consternation, daze, difficulty, disarray, discomposure, dislocation, disorganization, distraction, emotional upset, ferment, fog, fracas, haze, hodge-podge, imbroglio, intricacy, jumble, labyrinth, mess, mistake, muddle, mystification, pandemonium, perturbation, racket, riot, row, shambles, stir, stupefaction, surprise, tangle, trouble, tumult, turmoil, untidiness, upheaval, uproar, wilderness |
Antonyms: |
calm, clarity, composure, method, order, organization, orientation, system |
| Main Entry: | consternation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismay, distress |
Synonyms: |
alarm, amazement, anxiety, awe, bewilderment, confusion, distraction, dread, fear, fright, horror, muddle, muddlement, panic, perplexity, shock, stupefaction, terror, trepidation, trepidity, wonder |
Antonyms: |
calm, composure, happiness, peacefulness, tranquility |
| Main Entry: | daze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confusion |
Synonyms: |
befuddlement, bewilderment, distraction, gauze, glaze, haze, lala-land, maze, muddledness, nadaville, narcosis, shock, stupefaction, stupor, trance |
Antonyms: |
expectation, understanding |
| Main Entry: | desperation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hopelessness |
Synonyms: |
agony, anguish, anxiety, concern, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, disconsolateness, distraction, distress, fear, gloom, grief, heartache, melancholy, misery, pain, pang, sorrow, torture, trouble, unhappiness, worry |
Antonyms: |
confidence, contentment, security |
| Main Entry: | dissipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, entertainment, occasionally to excess |
Synonyms: |
bender, binge, blow-out, bust, celebration, circus, distraction, diversion, divertissement, gratification, party, recreation, self-indulgence, tear*, toot, wingding |
| Main Entry: | disturbance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion; upset |
Synonyms: |
agitation, annoyance, big scene, big stink, bother, brawl, brouhaha, clamor, confusion, convulsion, derangement, disarrangement, disorder, disruption, distraction, eruption, explosion, ferment, fisticuffs, flap, fracas, fray, fuss, hindrance, hubbub, hullabaloo*, insurrection, interruption, intrusion, molestation, perturbation, quake, quarrel, racket, rampage, restlessness, riot, ruckus, rumble, shock, spasm, stink*, stir*, storm, to-do, tremor, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uprising, uproar, violence |
Antonyms: |
calm, order, peace, quiet, tranquility |