Synonyms of digressive

digressive

adjective

dī-ˈgre-siv 

as in rambling

passing from one topic to another

a digressive lecture on current events around the world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rambling
• discursive
• wandering
• indirect
• excursive
• meandering
• desultory
• leaping
• maundering
• digressional
• digressionary
• circuitous
• roundabout
• devious
• deviating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• consistent
• logical
• coherent
• direct
• straightforward
• focused
• undeviating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of digressive

Like all Kashian’s work, Alter-Kashian is densely packed, and her breakneck, digressive style doesn’t leave much room to come up for air. — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026

The Friend’s House Is Here, with its relaxed pace and digressive sequences of late-night dinner parties, feels like a minor Godard hangout movie. — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2026

This is slightly digressive, but Tunde and his lover, early on in the novel, have this big argument in Lahaina, in Hawaii. — Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025

The novel is detailed, digressive, densely populated, dull at times (as life is) and capable of tracking the most minute shifts in emotional weather. — Mj Franklin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025