Synonyms for DIVERTING
dɪˈvɜr tɪŋ, daɪ-di·vert·ing

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1. amusing, amusive, divertingadjective

   providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining

   "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"

   Synonyms:
   mirthful, diverting, laughable, funny, amusive, comical, amusing, risible, comic

   Antonyms:
   uninteresting

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1. List of paraphrases for "diverting":

   deflecting

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1. Peter Chen:

   Clearly anybody who's going strong would not be diverting the time to go and talk about this issue when they've got everything going for them.

2. Treasurer Joe Hockey:

   These companies are diverting profits earned in Australia away from Australia to no-tax or low-tax jurisdictions.

3. Rich Fury/Getty Images:

   I was blindsided, john was basically leading a double life throughout our whole marriage. When I learned about the affair, I also learned he’s diverting narcotics. I helped him become a nurse [after changing professions], a very sacred profession. It was just sickening to me. Here I was, trying to help him gain this prestigious degree and title. And this is what he was doing with it.

4. Ashley Montagu:

   I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore and diverting himself and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary while the greater ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

5. Chamber President Joerg Wuttke:

   These worrying trends illustrate how excessive tightening of Internet controls can choke business growth and stifle investment in technology and research and development, it is therefore hugely dispiriting to see numerous member companies actively scaling back investment and expansion, and diverting their spending to other markets.