distract
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
draw someone's attention away from something
The thief distracted the bystanders
Types & categories
- disconcert hypernym
Related & opposite
- distraction derivation
Sense 2 verb
disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | distraction |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disconcert |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | disquiet |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluster |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | distraction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | trouble |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | worry |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | disquiet |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | upset |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | trouble |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | vex |