Synonyms of asides

asides

noun

plural of aside

as in tangents

a departure from the subject under consideration

as an aside, something similar happened to me years ago

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tangents
• digressions
• excursions
• parentheses
• divagations
• circumlocutions
• excursuses
• ramblings
• prolixities
• verbosities
• circularities

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of asides

Periodically, Li injects her narrative with commentary set off in long parenthetical asides. — Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2026

There are transcripts and asides and footnotes; references and internet memes. — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

With Apatow at the helm, the chat took some comical turns, as might be expected, and also some unusually revealing ones, as Apatow getting McCartney to loosen up provided some real personal asides as well as screwball dialogue. — Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

The family’s alienation and the father’s divorce from the narrator’s mother are revealed through asides. — Anna Mebel, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2026

To that end, Guadagnino occasionally makes asides to the audience, at one point trying to explain to younger viewers what the French New Wave and Cahiers du Cinéma were. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026

The pacing feels off throughout much of the film, with comic and contemplative asides gumming up the central caper. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026

What makes this all the more unfortunate is that most of these excited personal asides come right under his listing of the figures for infections and deaths. — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026

There are asides about how the helmet communication receivers don’t always work. — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026