Antonyms for divert
dɪˈvɜrt, daɪ-di·vert

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1. divertverb

   To turn aside from a course.

   The workers diverted the stream away from the road.

   Synonyms:
   offlead

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1. divertverb

   The central idea of withdrawing makes abstract in common speech a euphemism for appropriate (unlawfully), purloin, steal. In mental processes we discriminate between objects by distinguishing their differences; we separate some one element from all that does not necessarily belong to it, abstract it, and view it alone. We may separate two ideas, and hold both in mind in comparison or contrast; but when we abstract one of them, we drop the other out of thought. The mind is abstracted when it is withdrawn from all other subjects and concentrated upon one, diverted when it is drawn away from what it would or should attend to by some other interest, distracted when the attention is divided among different subjects, so that it can not be given properly to any. The trouble with the distracted person is that he is not abstracted. Compare DISCERN.

   Antonyms:
   add, combine, complete, conjoin, fill up, increase, restore, strengthen, unite

   Synonyms:
   abstract, appropriate, detach, discriminate, distinguish, distract, eliminate, purloin, remove, separate, steal, take away, withdraw

   Preposition:
   The purse may be abstracted from the pocket; the substance from the accidents; a book into a compend.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. divert

   Antonyms:
   continue, prosecute, prolong, produce, restrict, confine, pain, annoy

   Synonyms:
   alter, change, deflect, alienate, delight, please, gratify, entertain, amuse

Matched Categories

1. • Send
   • Turn
   • Withdraw

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. deviate, divertverb

   turn aside; turn away from

   Synonyms:
   vary, diverge, deviate, disport, hive off, amuse, depart

2. divertverb

   send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one

   Synonyms:
   amuse, deviate, disport, hive off

3. amuse, divert, disportverb

   occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion

   "The play amused the ladies"

   Synonyms:
   deviate, lark, sport, romp, run around, cavort, lark about, rollick, frolic, disport, hive off, amuse, gambol, frisk, skylark

4. divert, hive offverb

   withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions

   Synonyms:
   amuse, deviate, disport, hive off

How to use divert in a sentence?

1. John Nixon:

   My initial thoughts were to divert their attention away from the girl who was screaming. I shouted ‘leave her alone,’ but they turned on me, saying ‘We’ll take your money instead,’ and I said, ‘No you don’t.’ Kids this age are full of bravado, you see, they weren’t expecting a surprise.

2. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu:

   The claim of responsibility by TAK, a PKK offshoot, aims to divert attention from the YPG. Whether it's KCK, YPG, PKK, TAK or PJAK, they are all part of the same terrorist structure.

3. Vadim Zelichenok:

   It was intended to divert the blow from themselves.

4. Tim Hill:

   The law provides that Medicaid providers must be paid directly and cannot have part of their payments diverted to third parties outside of a few very specific exceptions, this proposed rule is intended to ensure that providers receive their complete payment, and any circumstances in which a state does divert part of a provider’s payment must be clearly allowed under the law.

5. Prashant Agarwal:

   Whenever an opportunity knocks the door, a far sighted and an insightful man always try to follow a correct path with patience and with full consciousness to grab it, that enables and enhances the chance for him to win. On the other hand, ignorant and silly individuals see opportunities as a source for someone else benefits, thus instead of following a path to seek opportunities for themselves, they divert from the course of path and thus fall.

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