Digress synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
To move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction:
To go wrong; be in error; deviate (from what is right)
To talk in an incoherent, rambling way; drivel
ramble (related)
To roam about; esp., to walk or stroll about idly, without any special goal
(Botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
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The definition of circuitous is something oblique, roundabout or longer than the most direct way.
Characterized by digressions; rambling.
Based on the conscious use of reasoning rather than on intuition
excursional
Characterized by many curves or turns; winding:
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Moving in a random fashion; having no fixed direction or pattern:
stay (antonym)
To fasten or secure with stays.
be direct (antonym)
stray, deviate
go off at (or on) a tangent
apostrophic
Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue).
Causing divergence
The definition of tangential is something only partially related to a main point, or something that verges slightly off-course.
Not straightforward; devious; specif., deceitful or tricky
To indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word or phrase (Ex.: o' for of, it's for it is)
An instance of digressing, especially a written or spoken passage that has no bearing on the main subject.
(Rare, figuratively) Digression.
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Straying off from a course or way
A short trip taken with the intention of returning to the point of departure; short journey, as for pleasure; jaunt
A lengthy, appended exposition of a topic or point.
Irrelevance.
Parenthesis refer to punctuation marks "(" and ")" used to separate relevant information or a comment from the rest of the text, or to enclose mathematical symbols, or the text inside of these marks.
tangency
The condition of being tangent.
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Depart is defined as to go away or leave.
divaricate
To diverge at a wide angle; spread apart.
To proceed or move unhurriedly or aimlessly:
To insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis
To move or pass over the body:
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Shakespeare
To turn aside or be turned aside from a straight path or established pattern.
To move about without a definite destination or purpose.
To deviate from the established moral code; do wrong
approach (related)
(Intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
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To turn away from the main issue or course; divert or be diverted
To move or lag behind another or others:
ramble on (related)
Away from a main road or course; distant or removed.
Find another word for digress. In this page you can discover 54 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for digress, like: meander, deviate, stray, diverge, maunder, ramble, aberrant, changing, circuitous, digressive and discursive.