diversion

/daɪvˈɝʒən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
   “scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists”
2. a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
   “a diversion from the main highway”
3. an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack

Synonyms for diversion

• recreation
• deviation
• digression
• deflection
• deflexion
• divagation
• diversionary attack

Words that rhyme with diversion

• conversion
• inversion
• reversion
• version
• immersion
• aspersion
• dispersion
• incursion
• perversion
• aversion
• excursion
• submersion
• subversion