Synonyms of digressions

digressions

noun

plural of digression

as in tangents

a departure from the subject under consideration

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of digressions

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

The novel is made of math equations, lengthy jokes, digressions in Yiddish, and a whole lot of language play. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 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