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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change in a course, path |
| Synonyms: | aberration, alteration, deflection, departure, detour, deviation, digression, divergence, fake out, red herring, turning, variation |
| Antonyms: | conforming, staying |
| Main Entry: | aberration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | different from that expected |
| Synonyms: | departure, deviation, difference, distortion, divergence, diversion, irregularity, lapse, straying, wandering |
| Antonyms: | conformity, sameness |
| Main Entry: | amusement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertaining, making someone laugh |
| Synonyms: | action, ball*, beguilement, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, field day, fun, fun and games, gladdening, gratification, grins, high time, hilarity, hoopla*, laughs, laughter, merriment, merry go round, mirth, picnic, play, pleasing, pleasure, regalement, whoopee |
| Antonyms: | boredom |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amusement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | game, pastime |
| Synonyms: | distraction, diversion, entertainment, hobby, interest, joke, lark, play, prank, recreation, sport |
| Antonyms: | work |
| Main Entry: | avocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hobby |
| Synonyms: | amusement, diversion, kick*, occupation, pastime, recreation, schtick, shot*, side interest, sideline, thing* |
| Antonyms: | profession, vocation, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | departure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deviation from normal, expected |
| Synonyms: | aberration, branching off, branching out, change, declination, deflection, difference, digression, divergence, diversion, in thing, innovation, last word, latest thing, new wrinkle, novelty, rambling, shift, straying, turning, variance, variation, veering, wandering |
| Antonyms: | abidance, continuation, keeping, stay |
| Main Entry: | detour |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indirect course |
| Synonyms: | alternate route, back road, branch, bypass, bypath, byway, circuit, circuitous route, circumbendibus, circumnavigation, circumvention, crotch, deviation, divergence, diversion, fork, roundabout way, runaround, secondary highway, service road, substitute, temporary route |
| Main Entry: | deviation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change, departure |
| Synonyms: | aberration, alteration, anomaly, breach, crotch, deflection, detour, difference, digression, discrepancy, disparity, divergence, diversion, fluctuation, fork, hereticism, inconsistency, irregularity, modification, shift, transgression, turning, variance, variation |
| Antonyms: | conformity, sameness, straightforwardness, uniformity |
| Main Entry: | digression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deviation; straying |
| Synonyms: | apostrophe, aside, deflection, departure, detour, difference, discursion, divagation, divergence, diversion, drifting, episode, excursion, excursus, footnote, incident, note, obiter dictum, parenthesis, rambling, variation, wandering |
| Antonyms: | directness, straightness |
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