Synonyms for discursive
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Rambling — of or concerning discourse. Tending to digress from the main point
rambling, prolix, desultory, indirect, diffuse, wandering, nomadic, digressive, roving, excursive, meandering, erratic, devious, discoursive dated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of or concerning discourse. Tending to digress from the main point.
Related words
- Word family
- discursively discursiveness discourse
Example sentences
- rambling I heard him rambling, the words entirely disconnected.
- desultory Most of the others also lit their pipes and a desultory conversation ensued.
- prolix Many readers will get lost if your writing is too prolix.
By length
- 6 letters
- roving2, prolix
- 7 letters
- diffuse2, erratic3, nomadic3, devious3
- 8 letters
- indirect3, rambling2
- 9 letters
- wandering3, desultory4, excursive, dianoetic
- 10 letters
- meandering4, digressive
- 11 letters
- discoursive
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (roving2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- discursif
- Italiano
- discorsivo
- Deutsch
- diskursiv