Synonyms for misdirection
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.
The magician used misdirection to get us to watch his left hand while he did something with his right hand.
Related words
- Word family
- misdirect
Forms
- Plural
- misdirections → distractions, mismanagements…
Example sentences
- distraction Yanni is Skura's distraction from her painful life.
- mismanagement Algeria is suffering from economic mismanagement.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| misdirection | steady | |
| distraction | rising | |
| mismanagement | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 11 letters
- distraction3
- 12 letters
- maldirection
- 13 letters
- mismanagement4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (distraction3 = 3 syllables).