| Main Entry: | diversion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change in a course, path |
Synonyms: |
aberration, alteration, deflection, departure, detour, deviation, digression, divergence, fake out, red herring, turning, variation |
Antonyms: |
conforming, staying |
| Main Entry: | diversion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainment, recreation |
Synonyms: |
amusement, ball, beguilement, delectation, delight, disport, dissipation, distraction, divertissement, enjoyment, field day, frivolity, fun, fun and games, game, gratification, grins, high time, hoopla*, laughs, levity, merry-go-round, pastime, picnic, play, pleasure, relaxation, relish, sport, whoopee |
Antonyms: |
chore, task, vocation, work |
| Main Entry: | aberration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | different from that expected |
Synonyms: |
departure, deviation, difference, distortion, divergence, diversion, irregularity, lapse, straying, wandering |
Antonyms: |
conformity, sameness |
| Main Entry: | amusement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertaining, making someone laugh |
Synonyms: |
action, ball*, beguilement, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, field day, fun, fun and games, gladdening, gratification, grins, high time, hilarity, hoopla*, laughs, laughter, merriment, merry go round, mirth, picnic, play, pleasing, pleasure, regalement, whoopee |
Antonyms: |
boredom |
| 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: | avocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hobby |
Synonyms: |
amusement, diversion, kick*, occupation, pastime, recreation, schtick, shot*, side interest, sideline, thing* |
Antonyms: |
profession, vocation, work |
| Main Entry: | departure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deviation from normal, expected |
Synonyms: |
aberration, branching off, branching out, change, declination, deflection, difference, digression, divergence, diversion, in thing, innovation, last word, latest thing, new wrinkle, novelty, rambling, shift, straying, turning, variance, variation, veering, wandering |
Antonyms: |
abidance, continuation, keeping, stay |
| Main Entry: | detour |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indirect course |
Synonyms: |
alternate route, back road, branch, bypass, bypath, byway, circuit, circuitous route, circumbendibus, circumnavigation, circumvention, crotch, deviation, divergence, diversion, fork, roundabout way, runaround, secondary highway, service road, substitute, temporary route |
| Main Entry: | deviation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change, departure |
Synonyms: |
aberration, alteration, anomaly, breach, crotch, deflection, detour, difference, digression, discrepancy, disparity, divergence, diversion, fluctuation, fork, hereticism, inconsistency, irregularity, modification, shift, transgression, turning, variance, variation |
Antonyms: |
conformity, sameness, straightforwardness, uniformity |
| Main Entry: | digression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deviation; straying |
Synonyms: |
apostrophe, aside, deflection, departure, detour, difference, discursion, divagation, divergence, diversion, drifting, episode, excursion, excursus, footnote, incident, note, obiter dictum, parenthesis, rambling, variation, wandering |
Antonyms: |
directness, straightness |