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digression
Overview of noun digression
The noun digression has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis -- (a message that departs from the main subject)
2. diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation -- (a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal")
3. digression, excursion -- (wandering from the main path of a journey)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun digression
3 senses of digression
Sense 1
digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation
=> turn, turning
=> change of course
=> change of direction, reorientation
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
digression, excursion
=> journey, journeying
=> travel, traveling, travelling
=> motion, movement, move
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun digression
1 of 3 senses of digression
Sense 2
diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation
=> red herring
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun digression
3 senses of digression
Sense 1
digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
Sense 2
diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation
=> turn, turning
Sense 3
digression, excursion
=> journey, journeying
Antonyms of noun digression
Member Holonyms of noun digression
Substance Holonyms of noun digression
Part Holonyms of noun digression
Member Meronyms of noun digression
Substance Meronyms of noun digression
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Meronyms of noun digression
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Attributes of noun digression
Derived Forms of noun digression
3 senses of digression
Sense 1
digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis
RELATED TO>(verb) digress#1
=> digress, stray, divagate, wander
Sense 2
diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation
RELATED TO>(verb) digress#1
=> digress, stray, divagate, wander
Sense 3
digression, excursion
RELATED TO>(verb) digress#2
=> sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle
Domain of noun digression
Domain Terms of noun digression
Familiarity of noun digression
digression used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun digression
3 senses of digression
Sense 1
digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis
> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> body
=> corker
=> reminder
=> request, petition, postulation
=> memorial
=> latent content
=> subject, topic, theme
=> digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis
=> meaning, significance, signification, import
=> nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
=> drivel, garbage
=> acknowledgment, acknowledgement
=> refusal
=> information, info
=> guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
=> commitment, dedication
=> approval, commendation
=> disapproval
=> respects
=> disrespect, discourtesy
=> interpolation, insertion
=> statement
=> statement
=> wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
=> opinion, view
=> direction, instruction
=> proposal
=> offer, offering
=> submission, entry
=> narrative, narration, story, tale
=> promotion, publicity, promotional material, packaging
=> sensationalism
=> shocker
Sense 2
diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation
> turn, turning
=> diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation
=> right
=> left
=> kick turn
=> stem turn, stem
=> telemark
=> swerve, swerving, veering
=> three-point turn
=> version
Sense 3
digression, excursion
> journey, journeying
=> commute
=> drive, ride
=> long haul
=> mush
=> odyssey
=> trip
=> passage, transit
=> expedition
=> digression, excursion
=> schlep, shlep
=> trek
=> tour, circuit
=> pilgrimage, pilgrim's journey
=> excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay
=> voyage
=> way
Meronyms of noun digression
3 senses of digression
Sense 3
digression, excursion
=> journey, journeying
HAS PART: stage, leg
Holonyms of noun digression
Grep of noun digression
digression
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