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

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

Obviously, the users can also opt for surfing’s rapid digressions due to the overwhelming and disorienting number of choices that they are confronted with when accessing a hypertext. — Carmen Daniela Maier, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026

The main plot, which involves some very old beef between Said and Ilya, is subtly woven and sometimes gets lost in digressions, though Grisebach manages to brings things together by the last act. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2026

It is abridged, so there’s not nearly as many 90-page digressions or pseudoscientific cetology musings. — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 14 May 2026