distinction, n. discrimination; eminence, celebrity, renown, fame, repute, prominence.  Antonyms:  indistinction, indiscrimination promiscuity, obscurity.

distinctive, a. discriminative, distinguishing, characteristic.

distinguish, v. characterize; discriminate, differentiate, discern, recognize.

distinguished, a. marked, special; eminent, illustrious, famous, celebrated, renowned, noted; transcendent, extraordinary, supreme, consummate, conspicuous.  Antonyms:  undistinguished, obscure, commonplace, inconspicuous, humble.

distinguishing, a. distinctive, peculiar, discriminative, characteristic.

distort, v. deform, twist; pervert, misinterpret, falsify, misrepresent.

distortion, n. deformity; perversion, crookedness; falsification.

distracted, a. frantic, frenzied, raving, crazy.  Antonyms:  See calm.

distraction, n. diversion, amusement; confusion, mystification, bewilderment; tumult, commotion, hurly-burly; despair, frenzy.

distress, n. anguish, agony, torture, sorrow, grief; misery, affliction, adversity, disaster, calamity, misfortune; straits, poverty, destitution, indigence.

distress, v. pain, grieve, afflict, wound; distrain.

distressing, a. grievous, distressful, painful, afflictive.

distribute, v. apportion, allot, deal out, dispense; classify, assort, group.

distribution, n. apportionment, allotment, dispensing, partition, division, dole; disposition, classification, grouping, arrangement.

district, n. region, precinct, province, circuit, quarter, locality, ward.

distrust, n. doubt, suspicion, mistrust.

distrustful, a. suspicious.

disturb, v. molest, perturb, annoy, disquiet, agitate, incommode, ruffle, disarrange, derange, unsettle, roust, excite.

disturbance, n. molestation, derangement, disquiet, disorder, perturbation, inquietude, agitation, uneasiness; commotion, turmoil, tumult, uproar, riot, clamor.  Associated Words:  perturbable, imperturbable, perturbability, imperturbability, imperturbation.

disuse, n. desuetude, insuetude, inusitation, discontinuance, obsoleteness.

disused, a. obsolete.

ditch, n. trench, moat, fosse, channel.  Associated Words:  scarp, escarp, parapet, graffage, counterscarp.

dive, v. plunge.—­n. plunger, header; (Slang) resort.

divergence, n. radiation; disagreement, variance; divarication, forking.

divergent, a. diverging, radiating; variant, different.

divers, a. several, sundry, various, many, numerous.

diverse, a. different, dissimilar, heterogeneous, diversified, variant.

diversified, a. various, variegated, multiform.

diversion, n. turning aside; amusement, sport, recreation, relaxation.

diversity, n. difference, dissimilarity; variety, multiformity.