Extraneous
Extraneous adjective - Not having anything to do with the matter at hand.
Usage example: the professor would have covered all of the course material if she had refrained from her extraneous remarks on just about everything
Tangent and extraneous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tangent" instead an adjective "Extraneous".
Tangent
Tangent noun - A departure from the subject under consideration.
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Synonyms for Tangent
Extraneous and tangent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Extraneous" instead an adjective "Tangent".
Nearby Word: tangential
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