divagation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a message that departs from the main subject
Types & categories
- subject matter hypernym
Related & opposite
- digress derivation
- parenthetical derivation
Sense 2 noun
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
a diversion from the main highway
Types & categories
- turning hypernym
- red herring hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | digress |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | parenthetical |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | subject matter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | saboteur |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | digress |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deflect |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deflect |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deviate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deviate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | diversionary |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | turning |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | red herring |