go off on tangent
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Synonyms for go off on tangent
verb talk aimlessly, endlessly- babble
- digress
- meander
- wander
- amplify
- blather
- chatter
- depart
- descant
- divagate
- diverge
- drift
- drivel
- enlarge
- expatiate
- gossip
- maunder
- prose
- protract
- stray
- be diffuse
- beat around bush
- dwell on
- excurse
- get off the subject
- go astray
- go off on tangent
- go on and on
- harp on
- lose the thread
- rant and rave
- rattle on
- talk nonsense
- talk off top of head
- talk randomly
Antonyms for go off on tangent
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
deviated
verb. stray from normal path
- aberrate
- angle off
- avert
- bear off
- bend
- bend the rules
- break pattern
- circumlocate
- contrast
- deflect
- depart
- depart from
- differ
- digress
- divagate
- diverge
- drift
- edge off
- err
- get around
- go amiss
- go haywire
- go off on tangent
- go out of control
- go out of way
- leave beaten path
- not conform
- part
- shy
- swerve
- swim against stream
- take a turn
- turn
- turn aside
- vary
- veer
- wander
ramble
verb. talk aimlessly, endlessly
- amplify
- babble
- be diffuse
- beat around bush
- blather
- chatter
- depart
- descant
- digress
- divagate
- diverge
- drift
- drivel
- dwell on
- enlarge
- excurse
- expatiate
- get off the subject
- go astray
- go off on tangent
- go on and on
- gossip
- harp on
- lose the thread
- maunder
- meander
- prose
- protract
- rant and rave
- rattle on
- stray
- talk nonsense
- talk off top of head
- talk randomly
- wander
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.