| Main Entry: | aside |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confidential statement |
Synonyms: |
departure, digression, discursion, interpolation, interposition, parenthesis, tangent, throwaway |
| Main Entry: | digression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deviation; straying |
Synonyms: |
apostrophe, aside, deflection, departure, detour, difference, discursion, divagation, divergence, diversion, drifting, episode, excursion, excursus, footnote, incident, note, obiter dictum, parenthesis, rambling, variation, wandering |
Antonyms: |
directness, straightness |
| Main Entry: | innuendo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suggestion |
Synonyms: |
allusion, aside, aspersion, hint, implication, imputation, insinuation, intimation, overtone, reference, whisper |
Antonyms: |
evidence, proof |
| Main Entry: | statement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration, assertion |
Synonyms: |
ABCs, account, acknowledgment, affidavit, affirmation, allegation, announcement, articulation, aside, asseveration, assurance, averment, avowal, blow-by-blow, charge, comment, communication, communiqué, description, dictum, ejaculation, explanation, make*, manifesto, mention, narrative, observation, picture, presentation, presentment, proclamation, profession, protestation, recital, recitation, relation, remark, report, rundown, testimony, utterance, ventilation, verbalization, vocalization, voice, word |
Antonyms: |
question, request |
| Main Entry: | stage whisper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fairly loud whisper |
Synonyms: |
aside, breathy voice, loud whisper, sotto voce, whisper, whispering |
| Main Entry: | stream of consciousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | word association |
Synonyms: |
apostrophe, aside, association of ideas, chain of thought, free association, inner monologue, interior monologue, mind mapping, train of thought, word painting |
| Main Entry: | soliloquy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | apostrophe |
Synonyms: |
aside, discourse, monologue, monology, speech |
| Notes: | monologue comes from Greek and soliloquy from Latin, but both mean 'speaking alone' |
| Main Entry: | divagation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | digression |
Synonyms: |
aside, deviation, divergence, divergency, diversion, excursion, excursus, parenthesis |
| Main Entry: | excursus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | digression |
Synonyms: |
aside, departure, detour, deviation, divagation, divergence, divergency, obiter dictum, side remark, tangent |
| Main Entry: | irrelevancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | digression |
Synonyms: |
apostrophe, aside, deflection, departure, detour, deviation, difference, discursion, divagation, divergence, divergency, diversion, drifting, episode, excursion, excursus, footnote, incident, note, obiter dictum, parenthesis, rambling, tangent, variation, wandering |