Synonyms of diverting

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adjective

də-ˈvər-tiŋ 

as in amusing

providing amusement or enjoyment

some tall and diverting tales were told by the festival's roving storyteller

Synonyms & Similar Words

• amusing
• fun
• enjoyable
• entertaining
• delightful
• pleasurable
• exciting
• pleasant
• nice
• funny
• satisfying
• recreational
• beguiling
• humorous
• welcome
• merry
• ridiculous
• stimulating
• agreeable
• happy
• comical
• comic
• riotous
• hilarious
• ludicrous
• droll
• farcical
• thrilling
• laughable
• antic
• uproarious
• sunny
• jolly
• jovial
• gleeful
• jocose
• risible
• mirthful
• sidesplitting
• gay
• blithesome
• jocund

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heavy
• boring
• uninteresting
• tedious
• tiresome
• wearisome
• weary
• pedestrian
• tiring
• flat
• monotonous
• dull
• drab
• humdrum
• leaden
• ponderous
• dreary
• stuffy
• stodgy
• wearying
• unpleasant
• unwelcome
• jading
• disagreeable
• distasteful
• uncongenial
• displeasing
• pleasureless
• unpleasing
• unlovely

diverting

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verb

present participle of divert

1

as in entertaining

to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied

a light comedy to divert the tired business executive

Synonyms & Similar Words

• amusing
• entertaining
• regaling
• distracting
• occupying
• delighting
• appeasing
• interesting
• solacing
• involving
• disporting
• pleasing
• busying
• consoling
• engaging
• engrossing
• immersing
• captivating
• charming
• enchanting
• absorbing
• comforting
• intriguing
• humoring
• fascinating
• hypnotizing
• bewitching
• mesmerizing
• indulging
• contenting
• placating
• gratifying
• spoiling
• soothing
• pacifying
• beguiling
• gripping
• propitiating
• pleasuring
• pampering
• mollifying
• obliging
• conciliating
• coddling
• enthralling
• mollycoddling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• boring
• draining
• wearing
• exhausting
• tiring
• enervating
• wearying
• wearing out
• jading
• harassing
• fatiguing
• perturbing
• aggravating
• upsetting
• pestering
• disturbing
• bothering
• annoying
• harrying
• exasperating
• bugging
• vexing
• fretting
• grating
• galling
• chafing
• nettling
• piquing
• irking
• peeving

2

as in turning

to change the course or direction of (something)

the bike race was diverted around the construction zone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• turning
• swinging
• redirecting
• whipping
• deflecting
• shifting
• veering
• moving
• wheeling
• whirling
• shunting
• switching
• averting
• deviating
• transferring
• twisting
• sidetracking
• swiveling
• zigzagging
• rechanneling
• swerving
• curving
• reversing
• swaying
• bending
• turning back

3

as in distracting

to draw the attention or mind to something else

trying to divert the child with a toy while the doctor was giving her a shot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• distracting
• detracting
• abstracting
• throwing off
• amusing
• entertaining
• straying
• wandering
• calling off
• beguiling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• focusing
• concentrating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of diverting

Adjective

But you were also treated to a diverting and delightful narrative, rich with insider’s lore. — BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2021

The plan also would call for constant testing of players and staff, which could mean diverting resources from public health care. — Nick Piecoro, azcentral, 6 Apr. 2020

Both popular and science media show an outsized fondness for brain imaging studies, inspiring much work more diverting than informative. — David Dobbs, WIRED, 4 July 2006

Verb

By still spending so much on conventional manned equipment, the United States and many other countries are diverting funds from more efficient systems. — Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026

Abu Dhabi and Riyadh have ramped exports through those pipelines, diverting millions of barrels per day around Hormuz. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 16 July 2026

The conflict is also deepening these vulnerabilities by diverting governments’ attention, capacity, and funding away from the climate resilience and adaptation investments their populations urgently need. — Sarah Yerkes, Time, 10 July 2026

Fery, a virtually unknown British wild card with a triple-digit ranking, has become the emotional heartbeat of Wimbledon while legitimately diverting some national attention from England’s World Cup quest. — Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Kusturica becomes the latest in a rapidly growing pool of overseas talent diverting to America to play Division I college basketball to increase exposure and financial prosperity. — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 9 July 2026

But hiking defense spending means increasing taxes or diverting resources from other priorities. — ABC News, 7 July 2026

But when fire conditions spike, AI algorithms will automatically recalculate the region’s electricity flow, diverting power away from fragile forest lines and routing it through safer plains or underground urban corridors. — Jasmine Garland, The Conversation, 7 July 2026

But with prolonged heat exposure, the body begins diverting blood away from vital organs, causing organ failure and eventually death. — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 1 July 2026