Synonyms of divertissement

divertissement

noun

di-ˈvər-tə-smənt 

as in entertainment

someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment

for visitors seeking more cerebral divertissement, the city boasts a fine performing arts center

Synonyms & Similar Words

• entertainment
• diversion
• recreation
• delight
• fun
• pleasure
• activity
• distraction
• picnic
• pastime
• festivity
• lark
• romp
• merrymaking
• escape
• revelry
• rollicking
• jollity
• revel
• game
• gambol
• hilarity
• frolic
• rollick
• carousing
• gaiety
• spree
• conviviality
• jollification
• fling
• riot
• frolicking
• binge
• time killer
• scream
• whoopee
• laugh
• reveling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bore
• drag
• downer
• bummer
• party pooper
• killjoy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of divertissement

What sets the Summer Jam apart, of course, is the Y2K theme, a popular divertissement that celebrates various trends and aesthetics of the nascent millennium. — Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2025

Life at The Sea Ranch is predictably bucolic, frequently focused on divertissements for the couple’s young children, Miles and Juliet. — Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 23 Jan. 2025

The loveliest expression of these is in the second act, where the enchanted forest is replaced by a pure-dance divertissement. — Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post, 10 June 2022

And the Mother Ginger divertissement had to be omitted altogether, since there was no way to fit eight older Polichinelles under her skirt. — Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2021

This season, the Act 2 pas de quatre, a speedy and demanding divertissement for three women and one man, was cut to help streamline the ballet. — New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020

Historical revisionism as an academic divertissement is corrupting, muddling the intellects of generations. — Jakub Grygiel, National Review, 8 Nov. 2019

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