Synonyms for digression
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Deviation
2. Aside
Other
excursion, episode, incident, wandering, departure, divergence, divarication, ecbole rare, obliquation dated
Definitions
- n. 1
An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.
The lectures included lengthy digressions on topics ranging from the professor's dog to the meaning of life.
- n. 2
The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.
make digression... by way of digression...
Related words
- Word family
- digress
Forms
- Plural
- digressions → deviations, diversions, deflections, divagations…
Example sentences
- diversion A diversion is in effect around roadworks in the city centre.
- aside You'd better put aside some money for a rainy day.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| digression | steady | |
| diversion | falling | |
| divagation | steady | |
| aside | steady | |
| excursus | rising | |
| divarication | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- aside2
- 6 letters
- ecbole
- 7 letters
- episode3
- 8 letters
- incident3, excursus
- 9 letters
- departure3, wandering3, diversion3, deviation4, excursion3, deflexion
- 10 letters
- deflection3, divergence3, divagation
- 11 letters
- parenthesis4, obliquation
- 12 letters
- divarication
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (aside2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- digression
- Italiano
- digressione
- Español
- digresión