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Synonyms & Antonyms of divertissement
someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment
- for visitors seeking more cerebral divertissement, the city boasts a fine performing arts center
Synonyms for divertissement
Words Related to divertissement
- carousing,
- conviviality,
- festivity,
- gaiety
- (also gayety),
- hilarity,
- jollification,
- jollity,
- merrymaking,
- reveling
- (or revelling),
- revelry,
- whoopee
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“Divertissement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divertissement. Accessed 22 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of divertissement was circa 1728
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