distraction

/dɪstɹˈækʃən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. mental turmoil
   “he drives me to distraction”
2. an obstacle to attention
3. an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations
4. the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
   “conjurers are experts at misdirection”

Synonyms for distraction

• beguilement
• misdirection

Words that rhyme with distraction

• action
• reaction
• abstraction
• attraction
• satisfaction
• contraction
• fraction
• extraction
• faction
• interaction
• retraction
• subtraction
• traction
• diffraction
• dissatisfaction
• exaction
• inaction
• infraction
• liquefaction
• overreaction
• transaction
• classaction
• telaction