divert

divert is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course.
2. transitive verb. To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to amuse; to entertain; as, children are diverted with sports; men are diverted with works of wit and humor.
3. intransitive verb. To turn aside; to digress.
4. verb. send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one
5. verb. turn aside; turn away from

   Synonyms: deviate

6. verb. withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions
7. verb. occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion

   "The play amused the ladies"

   Synonyms: amuse, disport

Synonyms

deviate, amuse, disport

Common word forms

diverts, diverted, diverter, diverting, divertise

Words from these letters

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