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| Main Entry: | distraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | having one's attention drawn away |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abstraction, agitation, amusement, bewilderment, commotion, complication, confusion, disorder, dissipation, disturbance, diversion, entertainment, frenzy, game, interference, interruption, pastime, preoccupation, recreation, beguilement, divertissement, engrossment, perplexity |
| Main Entry: | absent-mindedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preoccupation |
| Synonyms: | absorption, abstraction, distraction, forgetfulness, inattention, dreaminess, heedlessness |
| Main Entry: | consternation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismay, distress |
| Synonyms: | alarm, amazement, anxiety, awe, bewilderment, confusion, distraction, dread, fear, fright, horror, muddle, panic, shock, stupefaction, terror, trepidation, wonder, muddlement, perplexity, trepidity |
| Antonyms: | calm, composure, happiness, tranquility, peacefulness |
| Main Entry: | daze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confusion |
| Synonyms: | bewilderment, distraction, glaze, haze, maze, shock, stupefaction, stupor, trance, befuddlement, gauze, lala-land, muddledness, nadaville, narcosis |
| Antonyms: | expectation, understanding |
| Main Entry: | disturbance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion; upset |
| Synonyms: | agitation, annoyance, bother, brawl, brouhaha, clamor, confusion, convulsion, derangement, disorder, disruption, distraction, eruption, explosion, ferment, fisticuffs, flap, fracas, fray, fuss, hindrance, hubbub, hullabaloo*, insurrection, interruption, intrusion, perturbation, quake, quarrel, racket, rampage, restlessness, riot, ruckus, rumble, shock, spasm, stink*, stir*, storm, to-do*, tremor, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uprising, uproar, violence, big scene, big stink, disarrangement, molestation |
| Antonyms: | calm, order, peace, quiet, tranquility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | entertainment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, pleasure |
| Synonyms: | ball*, bash*, big time*, blast*, celebration, cheer, delight, dissipation, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, feast, frolic, fun, gaiety, game, high time*, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, picnic, play, recreation, relaxation, relief, revelry, satisfaction, shindig*, sport, spree, surprise, treat, blow out*, clambake, divertissement, fun and games, good time, grins, laughs, leisure activity, lots of laughs, regalement, wingding |
| Antonyms: | chore, drudgery, labor, task, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretense |
| Synonyms: | artifice, bait, blind, bluff, cheat, deceit, distraction, dodge, duck, expedient, fake, gambit, hoax, imposture, make-believe, maneuver, play, ploy, pretension, pretext, ruse, sham*, shift, snare, stall, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile, hoodwinking, mock attack |
| Notes: | faint (verb) means to pass out from weakness or to lose consciousness - faint (adjective) means barely perceptible or lacking clarity or distinctness; feint (noun) means any distracting or deceptive maneuver - feint (verb) means to deceive by a mock action |
| Antonyms: | truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frenzy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncontrolled state or situation |
| Synonyms: | aberration, agitation, blow, blow a fuse, blow one's cork, blow one's stack, blow one's top, bout, burst, conniption, convulsion, craze, delirium, derangement, distemper, distraction, dithers, excitement, ferment, fever, fit, flap*, flip one's lid, free-for-all*, furor, fury, fuss, hell broke loose, hysteria, insanity, lather, lunacy, madness, mania, outburst, paroxysm, passion, rage, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, seizure, spasm, stew, stir, to-do*, transport, turmoil, wingding |
| Antonyms: | calmness, peace, peacefulness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, play |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, ball*, big time*, blast*, celebration, cheer, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, escapade, festivity, frolic, gaiety, gambol, game*, high jinks, holiday, horseplay*, jesting, joke, joking, jollity, joy, laughter, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, nonsense, pastime, picnic*, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, riot, romp, solace, sport, tomfoolery*, treat, buffoonery, clowning, foolery, good time, grins, jocularity, junketing, living it up, playfulness, romping, whoopee |
| Antonyms: | sadness, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hobby |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasurable pastime |
| Synonyms: | amusement, art, avocation, bag*, craft, craze, distraction, diversion, fad*, fancy, fun, game, interest, kick*, labor of love*, obsession, occupation, play, quest, relaxation, shot, sideline, specialty, sport, thing*, vagary, weakness, whim, whimsy, divertissement, favorite occupation, leisure activity, leisure pursuit, pet topic, schtick |
| Antonyms: | profession, vocation, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insanity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental illness; foolishness |
| Synonyms: | aberration, absurdity, alienation, delirium, delusion, dementia, derangement, distraction, dotage, folly, frenzy, hallucination, hysteria, illusion, inanity, lunacy, madness, mania, neurosis, phobia, preposterousness, unbalance, craziness, irrationality, irresponsibility, mental disorder, psychopathy, psychosis, senselessness, unreasonableness, witlessness |
| Antonyms: | balance, sanity, soundness, wellness |
| Main Entry: | lunacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | craziness, madness |
| Synonyms: | aberration, absurdity, alienation, dementia, derangement, distraction, fatuity, folly, foolishness, idiocy, imbalance, inanity, ineptitude, insanity, mania, silliness, stupidity, asininity, foolhardiness, imbecility, psychopathy, psychosis, senselessness |
| Antonyms: | saneness |
| Main Entry: | pastime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leisure activity |
| Synonyms: | amusement, distraction, diversion, entertainment, fun, game, hobby, play, recreation, relaxation, sport, fun and games |
| Antonyms: | profession, task, work |
| Main Entry: | recreation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sports, games, special interests |
| Synonyms: | R and R*, amusement, avocation, ball*, disport, dissipation, distraction, diversion, ease, enjoyment, entertainment, exercise, festivity, frolic, fun, game, hilarity, hobby, holiday, jollity, mirth, pastime, picnic, play, playtime, pleasure, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, rollick, sport, vacation, divertissement, field day, fun and games, laughs, leisure activity, rec |
| Antonyms: | labor, profession, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | red herring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misleading clue |
| Synonyms: | attention-grabber, bait, commotion, curve ball, deviation, distraction, distractor, disturbance, diversion, diversionary tactic, false clue, false face, false trail, fool's errand, gimmick, interruption, maneuver, ploy, smoke screen, wild-goose chase* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | riddle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brain-teaser |
| Synonyms: | bewilderment, charade, complexity, complication, confusion, conundrum, cryptogram, dilemma, distraction, doubt, embarrassment, enigma, entanglement, intricacy, labyrinth, maze, mystery, plight, poser, predicament, problem, puzzle, quandary, question, stickler*, strait, twister*, brain-twister, closed book, knotty question, mind-boggler, mystification, perplexity, puzzlement, rebus, sixty-four dollar question, stumper, teaser, tough nut to crack, tough proposition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ruckus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disturbance |
| Synonyms: | bother, brawl, brouhaha*, commotion, disorder, disruption, distraction, explosion, fisticuffs, fracas, fray, fuss, hubbub*, hullabaloo*, interruption, quarrel, racket, rampage, riot, rumble, rumpus, stink*, stir, turmoil, upheaval, uprising, uproar, big scene, big stink |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sideline |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secondary occupation |
| Synonyms: | distraction, diversion, hobby, recreation, subsidiary, leisure activity, leisure pursuit, moonlighting, second job, side job, side project |
| Main Entry: | preoccupation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absorption |
| Synonyms: | amusement, daydreaming, distraction, captivation, engrossment, preoccupancy |
| Main Entry: | confusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorientation |
| Synonyms: | agitation, bewilderment, chagrin, commotion, demoralization, discomfiture, distraction, disturbing, dither, embarrassing, embarrassment, flap, fluster, lather, perplexing, perturbation, pother, stew, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, abashing, abashment, addling, befuddlement, befuddling, bemusement, blurring, cluttering, confounding, disarranging, discomfiting, disorientation, dumbfounding, embroiling, mixup mystification, obscuring, perplexity, puzzlement, stirring up, tangling, unsettling, upsetting |
| Antonyms: | clarity, order, organization, orientation, sense |
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