distract[verb]Synonyms:- divert, draw away, sidetrack, turn aside
- amuse, beguile, engross, entertain, occupy
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
dis‧tract /dɪˈstrækt/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Latin;
Origin: distractus, past participle of distrahere 'to pull apart']
to take someone’s attention away from something by making them look at or listen to something else:
Try not to distract the other students.distract somebody/something from something Coverage of the war was used to distract attention from other matters.—distracting adjective [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲