Synonyms of non sequiturs

non sequiturs

noun

plural of non sequitur

as in remarks

a statement that is not connected in a logical or clear way to anything said before it

We were talking about the new restaurant when she threw in some non sequitur about her dog.

Related Words

• remarks
• comments
• feedback
• observations
• communications
• reactions
• answers
• responses
• correspondences
• acknowledgments
• returns
• back talks
• rejoinders
• persiflages
• explanations
• retorts
• replies
• comebacks
• banters
• justifications
• rebuttals
• refutations
• replications
• repartees
• defenses
• pleas

Dissimilar Words

• challenges
• charges
• interrogations
• surveys
• interrogatories
• questionnaires
• questions
• polls
• quizzes
• cross-examinations
• inquiries
• queries

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of non sequiturs

The non sequiturs, or seeming non sequiturs (like Carol moonlighting as a baseball umpire despite having little knowledge of baseball) abound. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026

Brown kept getting sidetracked with tangents and non sequiturs, on topics both momentous and random. — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026

These sequences can be beguilingly attractive, but their inclusions are complete non sequiturs — blink-and-you’ll-miss-it digressions toward a more engaging film. — Blake Simons, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026

Tracy’s dialogue, though absent the staccato non sequiturs of the director’s earlier work, has a bracing nastiness; every visual flourish and every menacing thrum of the score, by Jerskin Fendrix, escalates the intensity of Stone and Plemons’s bravura showdown. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025

Long before Neeson would inherit the detective badge and a full clip of non sequiturs, Paramount announced Ed Helms would be taking on the Drebin role in 2013 with writers behind the Night at the Museum movies providing a script to revitalize the Naked Gun franchise. — Chris Lee, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025