Digress

/daɪˈɡɹɛs/

Synonyms for "digress" (71 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Verb(5 words)

bear offbend branchbranch offbypasschange the bearingcurve departdepart fromdetour

Strong matches (21)

deviate divagate divaricate diverge drift excurseget sidetrackedgo aroundgo astraygo round aboutheelmake a detourmaunder

Verb(7 words)

deviate deviated deviating digressed divagate diversion maundered

Noun(1 words)

expatiating

Related words (35)

Noun(12 words)

maundering meander meandering meanders rambles rambling sidebars sidetracking straying straystangent issueveering

Verb(10 words)

maunders meandered ramble rambled sidetrack skidded straggle tangent wandered wanders

ramble roam sheer shift stray swerve tack trend turnturn asidevary veer wander

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5 relation types

More general

7 entries

deviate discuss divert speak talk tell write

More specific

4 entries

asideramble ontangentwander off

Collocations

6 entries

a digressionbrief digressiondigress brieflydigression from the topicmake a digressionthe digression

Inflections

3 entries

digressed digresses digressing

Derivations

2 entries

digression digressive

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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But I digress.

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I'm sorry, I digress.

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You digress!

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Resist the temptation to digress.

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