Synonyms for distraction
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Madness
madness, frenzy, aberration, alienation, insanity, lunacy, mania, derangement, delirium, raving, fury, craze
2. Disturbance — perturbation; disorder; disturbance; confusion
disturbance, confusion, upset, consternation, agitation, disorder, bewilderment
Other
diversion, inattention, misdirection, amusement, beguilement
Definitions
- n. 1
Perturbation; disorder; disturbance; confusion.
It's true that the Copernican Systeme introduceth distraction in the universe of Aristotle.
- n. 2
Something that distracts.
Poking one's eye is a good distraction from a hurting toe.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- distractions → madnesses, frenzies, aberrations, alienations…
Example sentences
- madness Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.
- frenzy There was no cowing him when the frenzy was on him.
- alienation Alienation is the only thing I understand about Marxism.
- aberration Owing to a strange mental aberration, Tom forgot his own name.
- confusion He disappeared, taking advantage of the confusion.
- disturbance Is this a servo or a disturbance-rejection problem?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| distraction | rising | |
| madness | rising | |
| frenzy | rising | |
| alienation | steady | |
| aberration | steady | |
| confusion | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fury2
- 5 letters
- upset2, mania3, craze1
- 6 letters
- frenzy2, raving2, lunacy3
- 7 letters
- madness2
- 8 letters
- disorder3, insanity4, delirium4
- 9 letters
- confusion3, amusement3, diversion3, agitation4
- 10 letters
- alienation5, aberration4
- 11 letters
- disturbance3, derangement, inattention4, beguilement
- 12 letters
- bewilderment4, misdirection
- 13 letters
- consternation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fury2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- distraction
- Deutsch
- Zerstreuung
- Català
- distracció