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tangent

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of tangent

a departure from the subject under consideration

in the middle of her description of her dog's symptoms, she went off on a tangent about its cute behavior

Synonyms of tangent

aside, digression, divagation, excursion

Words Related to tangent

excursus, parenthesis

circuitousness, circularity, circumlocution, diffuseness, prolixity, verbosity, windiness, wordiness

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