Definitions

digress

[dih-gres, dahy-] / dɪˈgrɛs, daɪ- /

VERB

stray, deviate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

meander

STRONG

aberrate depart divagate drift ramble roam swerve veer wander

WEAK

be diffuse beat about the bush circumlocute excurse get off the point get off the subject get sidetracked go by way of go off on a tangent long way turn aside wander away

Antonyms

STRONG

go direct stay

WEAK

be direct

Example Sentences

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I digress, though: This is a column about what is popular, not what is right and wrong!

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2025

Not as good the next day when the 49ers got Young, a better player, for only a third-rounder, but we digress.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2023

I’m sure there’s no strategic advantage to examining a superior changeling ship’s technology when many of them have taken over Starfleet, but we digress.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

But a hit single makes her joining the Six inevitable, and things progress, and regress, and digress and become a mess from there.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2023

Since a Suggestion from the Master is a Command not unlike Holy Writ, I shall digress and comply at the same Time.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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