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Showing words for DISTRACT using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Distract

adstrict, distract

7 Letter Words for Distract

astrict, drastic, stratic

6 Letter Words for Distract

artics, artist, attics, cairds, cardis, crista, darics, dicast, racist, scarid, sittar, stadic, static, stract, strait, strati, strict, tracts, traist, traits, triacs, triact, triads

5 Letter Words for Distract

acids, acrid, acris, adits, airts, arist, artic, artsd, asdic, astir, attic, attid, cadis, caids, caird, cardi, cards, carid, carts, cista, crits, dairt, daric, daris, darst, darts, diact, dicta, dicts, dirca, dirts, distr, ditas, ditts, drats, drias, raids, raits, ratti, ritts, sadic, scart, scatt, scrat, scrit, sitar, sitta, staid, stair, start, strad, stria, strid, strit, tacit, tacts, taits, tarsi, tarts, tiars, tisar, titar, tract, trads, trait, trats, triac, triad, trias, trica, trist, tsadi

4 Letter Words for Distract

acid, acts, adit, aids, airs, airt, aits, arcs, ards, arid, aris, arts, asci, astr, atis, cadi, cads, caid, cair, card, cars, cart, cast, cats, cids, cira, cist, cits, cris, crit, crts, dais, dari, dart, dasi, dast, dias, dict, dirt, disa, disc, dist, dita, dits, ditt, drat, dsri, itas, rads, raid, rais, rait, rast, rats, rias, rids, risc, rist, rita, rits, ritt, sadi, sadr, saic, said, sair, sard, sari, sart, satd, sati, scad, scar, scat, sctd, sida, sita, srac, stad, star, stat, stid, stir, stra, tact, tads, tais, tait, tari, tars, tart, tats, tiar, tics, tids, tits, trac, trad, trat, trid, trit, tsia

3 Letter Words for Distract

act, adc, ads, aid, air, ais, ait, arc, ard, ars, art, ast, att, cad, cai, car, cat, cdr, cia, cid, cir, cis, cit, crs, crt, csi, cst, ctr, cts, dar, das, dat, dca, dia, dir, dis, dit, dsr, ida, ids, ira, irs, ist, ita, itd, its, rad, rai, ras, rat, rcd, rct, ria, rid, rit, rti, sac, sad, sai, sar, sat, scd, sci, scr, sct, sic, sir, sit, sri, sta, std, str, tad, tai, tar, tas, tat, tdr, tdt, tic, tid, tis, tit, tra, tri, trs, trt, tsi, tst

Definitions for Distract

[1] to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
[2] to disturb or trouble greatly in mind; beset: Grief distracted him.
[3] to provide a pleasant diversion for; amuse; entertain: I'm bored with bridge, but golf still distracts me.
[4] to separate or divide by dissension or strife.
[5] Obsolete . distracted.
[6] (often passive) to draw the attention of (a person) away from something
[7] to divide or confuse the attention of (a person)
[8] to amuse or entertain
[9] to trouble greatly
[10] to make mad

Words related to Distract

disturb, perplex, bewilder, amuse, divert, mislead, entertain, detract, fluster, trouble, puzzle, confound, discompose, befuddle, abstract, sidetrack, disconcert, madden, agitate, addle

Words nearby Distract

distorted, distortion, distortion aberration, distoversion, distr., distract, distracted, distracted driving, distractibility, distraction, distractive

Origin of Distract

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin distractus (past participle of distrahere to draw apart), equivalent to dis- dis-1 + trac- (variant stem of trahere to draw) + -tus past participle suffix

Other words from Distract

dis·tract·i·ble , adjective
dis·tract·ing·ly , adverb
non·dis·tract·ing , adjective
non·dis·tract·ing·ly , adverb
un·dis·tract·ing , adjective
un·dis·tract·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Distract

C14: from Latin distractus perplexed, from distrahere to pull in different directions, from dis- 1 + trahere to drag

Synonyms for Distract

amuse, bewilder, detract, disturb, divert, entertain, fluster, mislead, perplex, puzzle, trouble, abstract, addle, agitate, befuddle, beguile, confound, derange, discompose, disconcert, engross, harass, madden, occupy, sidetrack, stall, torment, unbalance, unhinge, call away, catch flies, draw away, frenzy, lead astray, lead away, mix up, throw off, turn aside