All diversion synonyms

noun diversion

• path — a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
• deviation — Deviation means doing something that is different from what people consider to be normal or acceptable.
• departure — Departure or a departure is the act of going away from somewhere.
• detour — If you make a detour on a journey, you go by a route which is not the shortest way, because you want to avoid something such as a traffic jam, or because there is something you want to do on the way.
• aberration — An aberration is an incident or way of behaving that is not typical.
• fun — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
• pleasure — the state or feeling of being pleased.
• pastime — something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport: to play cards as a pastime.
• amusement — Amusement is the feeling that you have when you think that something is funny or amusing.
• distraction — the act of distracting.
• digression — the act of digressing.
• divergence — the act, fact, or amount of diverging: a divergence in opinion.
• alteration — An alteration is a change in or to something.
• variation — the act, process, or accident of varying in condition, character, or degree: Prices are subject to variation.
• turning — a movement of partial or total rotation: a slight turn of the handle.
• deflection — The deflection of something means making it change direction.
• levity — lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness.
• play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
• ball — A ball is a round object that is used in games such as tennis, baseball, football, basketball, and cricket.
• picnic — PEBCAK
• delectation — pleasure; enjoyment
• delight — Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
• frivolity — the quality or state of being frivolous: the frivolity of Mardi Gras.
• game — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
• gratification — the state of being gratified; great satisfaction.
• relaxation — abatement or relief from bodily or mental work, effort, application, etc.
• dissipation — the act of dissipating.
• sport — an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
• relish — liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
• hoopla — bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do.
• merry-go-round — Also called carousel, carrousel. (in amusement parks, carnivals, etc.) a revolving, circular platform with wooden horses or other animals, benches, etc., on which people may sit or ride, usually to the accompaniment of mechanical or recorded music.
• whoopee — make whoopee, to engage in uproarious merrymaking.
• beguilement — to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
• red herring — a smoked herring.
• disport — to divert or amuse (oneself).
• high time — the appropriate time or past the appropriate time: It's high time he got out of bed.
• divertissement — a diversion or entertainment.
• field day — a day devoted to outdoor sports or athletic contests, as at a school.
• fun and games — frivolously diverting activity.
• hobby — an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
• recreation — the act of creating anew.
• change — If there is a change in something, it becomes different.