Synonyms of digression

digression

noun

dī-ˈgre-shən 

as in tangent

a departure from the subject under consideration

the professor's frequent and extended digressions are the stuff of campus legend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tangent
• aside
• excursion
• excursus
• parenthesis
• divagation
• rambling
• circularity
• prolixity
• wordiness
• verbosity
• diffuseness
• circumlocution
• windiness
• circuitousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of digression

But these digressions were great theatre, with Cohn as the ringmaster. — Kai Bird, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

This analysis makes up the most compelling part of the book, which is written in a kind of structureless, hybrid blogger-academic style, and otherwise tends to bog down in confusing digressions. — Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026

With its loose ends and digressions, Dream Me a Dream stays true to those idiosyncratic instincts while retaining enough of the welcoming glow of Dance of Love to make this an affecting farewell from an endearing eccentric. — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 22 June 2026

Reading Dyer at exactly that moment gave me permission to loosen my grip a little and allow my own digressions into the work. — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 16 June 2026