- Types Of Speech
- You can use distraction as a noun in a sentence.
- About Distraction
- A 3 syllables noun and 11 letters with the letters a, c, d, i, n, o, r, s, and t, 7 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter a. Distraction starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, di, dis, dist, distr, and the ending characters are n, on, ion, tion, ction, ..
- Definition
- The act of distracting; drawing someone''s attention away from something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection"
- Compound Words
- A compound word, distraction has more than one word within it. There's 4 words which are dis, traction, distract, and ion.
- Pig Latin
- Distraction in Pig Latin is said as "istractionday or istractiondway".
- Unigram
- d | i | s | t | r | a | c | t | i | o | n
- Bigram
- di | is | st | tr | ra | ac | ct | ti | io | on
- Trigram
- dis | ist | str | tra | rac | act | cti | tio | ion
- Quadrigram
- dist | istr | stra | trac | ract | acti | ctio | tion
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of distracting;
drawing someone's attention away from something;
"conjurers are experts at misdirection" - an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations
- mental turmoil;
"he drives me to distraction" - an obstacle to attention
Synonym | Definition |
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Aberration | an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image |
Abnormality | behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality |
Absentmindedness | preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored |
Abuse | cruel or inhumane treatment |
Actus Reus | |
Agitation | the act of agitating something causing it to move around (usually vigorously) |
Alienation | the action of alienating the action of causing to become unfriendly "his behavior alienated the other students" |
Apathy | the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally |
Arbitrariness | the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory" |
Aslant | having an oblique or slanted direction |
View all cognitive synonyms for Distraction
Anagram | Definition |
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Distraction | the act of distracting drawing someone''s attention away from something "conjurers are experts at misdirection" |
View English words with the unique letters used in distraction. Words With The Letters Acdinorst
Word | Definition |
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Deflect | impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball) "block an attack" |
Distract | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" |
Word | Definition |
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Alteration | the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
Revision | the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) "it would require a drastic revision of his opinion" |
Distraction Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With N