diversion
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- recreate derivation
- amuse derivation
- recreational derivation
Sense 2 noun
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
a diversion from the main highway
Types & categories
- turning hypernym
- red herring hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack
Types & categories
- attack hypernym
- diversionary landing hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | recreate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | amuse |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | recreational |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | antic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bathing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | festivity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dancing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | entertainment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | escapade |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | escapism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | eurythmy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fun |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gambling |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | game |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | joke |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nightlife |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pastime |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | child's play |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | frolic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sport |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | saboteur |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | digress |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deflect |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deflect |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deviate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deviate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | diversionary |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | turning |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | red herring |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | attack |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | diversionary landing |