diverting

adjective
UK: /daɪˈvɜːtɪŋ/
US: /daɪˈvɜːrtɪŋ/

  1. Enjoyable and entertaining.

    1. The movie was very diverting for the whole family.
    2. I found her lecture quite diverting; she had a talent to make any topic interesting and diverting.

Synonyms

amusing interesting entertaining
diverting verb

  1. Present participle of divert: changing someone's attention from something.

    1. He is diverting my attention from my phone.
    2. The clown was diverting the children while the magician prepared his next trick which was very diverting.

  2. Present participle of divert: causing something to follow a different course.

    1. The roadwork is diverting traffic to another route.
    2. The dam is diverting water from the river in order to irrigate the farmland because the river is very diverting.

Frequently Asked Questions

The phonetic transcription of "diverting" is /daɪˈvɜːtɪŋ/ in British English and /daɪˈvɜːrtɪŋ/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "diverting": amusing, interesting, entertaining.

Example usage of "diverting": "The movie was very diverting for the whole family.". More examples on the page.