digress[verb]Synonyms: wander, depart, deviate, diverge, drift, get off the point
or subject, go off at a tangent, ramble, stray
Contrasted words: advance, proceed, progress
Related Idioms: get off the subject, go off on a tangent
Related Words: drift,
roam [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
di‧gress /daɪˈɡres/
verb [intransitive][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: digressus, past participle of digredi 'to step aside']
to talk or write about something that is not your main subject:
Do you mind if I digress for a moment?—digression /daɪˈɡreʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable and countable]:
After several long digressions he finally reached the interesting part of the story. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲