divert

Other forms of divert

past tense

diverted·

present participle

diverting·

third person

diverts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about divert

What does divert mean?

divert means "turn aside; turn away from". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in divert?

divert has 2 syllables: di-vert. The stress falls on "vert". In IPA it is /daɪˈvɝt/.

What is another word for divert?

Close synonyms include deviate, amuse, disport, hive off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is divert a common word?

divert is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with divert?

8 words rhyme with divert. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.