Synonyms of the word

digress

• v. (intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject…
• v. (intransitive) To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.

depart

• v. (intransitive) To leave.
• v. (intransitive) To set out on a journey.
• v. (intransitive) To die.
• v. (intransitive) To deviate (from).
• v. (transitive, now rare) To go away from; to leave.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To divide up; to distribute, share.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To separate, part.
• n. (obsolete) division; separation, as of compound substances.
• n. (obsolete) A going away; departure.

deviate

• n. (sociology) A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert.
• n. (statistics) A value equal to the difference between a measured variable factor and a fixed or algorithmic…
• v. (intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.

divagate

• v. (intransitive) to stray from a subject, focus, or course.

divert

• v. (transitive) To turn aside from a course.
• v. (transitive) To distract.
• v. (transitive) To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention).
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn aside; to digress.

sidetrack

• n. (rail transport) A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined…
• n. (sometimes) Any auxiliary railroad track, as differentiated from a siding, that runs adjacent to the main…
• n. (mining) A smaller tunnel or well drilled as an auxiliary off a main tunnel or well.
• n. An alternate train of thought, issue, topic, or activity, that is a deviation or distraction from the…
• v. To divert (a locomotive) on to a lesser used track in order to allow other trains to pass.
• v. To divert or distract (someone) from a main issue or course of action with an alternate or less relevant…
• v. To sideline; to push aside; to divert or distract from, reducing (something) to a secondary or subordinate…
• v. (intransitive) To deviate briefly from the topic at hand.

straggle

• v. To stray from the road, course or line of march.
• v. To wander about; ramble.
• v. To spread at irregular intervals.
• v. To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot…
• v. To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
• n. An irregular, spread-out group.
• n. An outlier; something that has strayed beyond the normal limits.

stray

• n. Any domestic animal that has no enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is…
• n. (figuratively) One who is lost, either literally or metaphorically.
• n. The act of wandering or going astray.
• n. (historical) An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e…
• v. (intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
• v. (intransitive) To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
• v. (transitive) To cause to stray.
• adj. Having gone astray; strayed; wandering.
• adj. In the wrong place; misplaced.

tell

• v. (transitive) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
• v. (transitive) To narrate.
• v. (transitive) To convey by speech; to say.
• v. (transitive) To instruct or inform.
• v. (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
• v. (intransitive) To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
• v. (transitive) To reveal.
• v. (intransitive) To be revealed.
• v. (intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
• v. (transitive) To use beads or similar objects as an aid to prayer.
• v. (intransitive, childish) To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
• n. A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts…
• n. (archaic) That which is told; a tale or account.
• n. (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
• n. (archaeology) A mound, originally in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.

wander

• v. (intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
• v. (intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
• v. (intransitive) To commit adultery.
• v. (intransitive) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
• v. (intransitive) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
• n. The act or instance of wandering.