Rambling
Tangent
Tangent noun - A departure from the subject under consideration.
Usage example: in the middle of her description of her dog's symptoms, she went off on a tangent about its cute behavior
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Synonyms for Tangent
Rambling and tangent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rambling" instead a noun "Tangent".
Nearby Word: tangential
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- divergence and rambling
- divergence and tangent
- departure and rambling
- departure and tangent
- wandering and rambling
- wandering and tangent
- devious and rambling
- devious and tangent
- tortuous and rambling
- tortuous and tangent
- serpentine and rambling
- serpentine and tangent
- circuitous and rambling
- circuitous and tangent
Both words in one sentence
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Celebrity Paradox: While rambling on a tangent, Sebastian mentions "that Jamie Lee Curtis stuff [yogurt]." Jamie Lee Curtis happened to play a major recurring character during one season of NCIS.
Source: Series / NCIS: New Orleans -
After a long tangent about subjects other than the movie at hand, they'll wrap up by saying "And that's our review of [whatever they were rambling about]".
Source: Web Video / Midnight Screenings
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