Synonyms of the word

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.

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.

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.

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.

railroad

• n. (chiefly US and Canada) A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized…
• n. (chiefly US and Canada) The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel…
• n. (chiefly US and Canada) A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads…
• n. (figuratively) A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.
• v. (transitive) To transport via railroad.
• v. (intransitive) To operate a railroad.
• v. (intransitive) To work for a railroad.
• v. (intransitive) To travel by railroad.
• v. (intransitive) To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
• v. (transitive) To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
• v. (transitive) To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
• v. (transitive) To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
• v. (role-playing games) To force characters to complete a task before allowing the plot to continue.
• v. (upholstery) To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.

railway

• n. (chiefly Britain, Ireland and Commonwealth of Nations) A transport system using rails used to move passengers…
• n. (chiefly Britain, Ireland and Commonwealth of Nations) A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which…

siding

• n. (Canada, US) A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building.
• v. present participle of side.
• n. (rail transport) A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined…

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.

turnout

• n. attendance; crowd.
• n. (US) a place to pull off a road.
• n. (rail transport, chiefly US) a place where moveable rails allow a train to switch tracks; a set of points.