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diversion has 7 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
“scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists”
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
“a diversion from the main highway”
an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for diversion come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.