Antonyms of verb focus

3 of 5 senses of focus

Sense 2
focus -- (cause to converge on or toward a central point; "Focus the light on this image")
       Antonym of blur (Sense 2)
      => blur -- (to make less distinct or clear; "The haze blurs the hills")

Sense 4
focus, focalize, focalise -- (become focussed or come into focus; "The light focused")
       Antonym of blur (Sense 6)
      => blur, dim, slur -- (become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred")

Sense 5
focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen -- (put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie")
       Antonym of blur (Sense 5)
      => blur, blear -- (make dim or indistinct; "The fog blurs my vision")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb focus

5 senses of focus

Sense 1
concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet -- (direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies")
       => think, cogitate, cerebrate -- (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere")

Sense 2
focus -- (cause to converge on or toward a central point; "Focus the light on this image")
       => sharpen -- (make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper)

Sense 3
concenter, concentre, focalize, focalise, focus -- (bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions)
       => align, aline, line up, adjust -- (place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table")

Sense 4
focus, focalize, focalise -- (become focussed or come into focus; "The light focused")
       => adjust, conform, adapt -- (adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation")

Sense 5
focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen -- (put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie")
       => adjust, set, correct -- (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels")
          Phrasal Verb-> focus on#1

Antonyms of adj focused

3 senses of focused

Sense 1
focused (vs. unfocused), focussed -- (being in focus or brought into focus)

unfocused (vs. focused), unfocussed -- ((of an image) not being in or brought into focus; "at their edges things were pretty much out of focus")

Sense 2
focused, focussed -- ((of light rays) converging on a point; "focused light rays can set something afire")

INDIRECT (VIA convergent) -> divergent, diverging -- (tending to move apart in different directions)

Sense 3
focused -- (of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image)

INDIRECT (VIA adjusted) -> unadjusted -- (not altered to fit certain requirements; "an unadjusted figure of 8.5 percent"; "the unadjusted clock is running fast";)

Similarity of adj focused

3 senses of focused

Sense 1
focused (vs. unfocused), focussed -- (being in focus or brought into focus)

Sense 2
focused, focussed -- ((of light rays) converging on a point; "focused light rays can set something afire")
       => convergent (vs. divergent) -- (tending to come together from different directions)

Sense 3
focused -- (of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image)
       => adjusted (vs. unadjusted) -- (altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation; "an adjusted insurance claim"; "the car runs more smoothly with the timing adjusted")