All tangential synonyms
tan·gen·tial
T t adj tangential
- digressive — tending to digress; departing from the main subject.
- deviating — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- heteroclite — irregular or abnormal; anomalous.
adjective tangential
- diverging — Present participle of diverge.
- aberrative — Descriptive of an object or measurement that has deviated or been knocked, momentarily and sharply, from the more dominant, normal or expected course or trajectory to which it either has or is expected to return in the longer term.
- glancing — striking obliquely and bouncing off at an angle: a glancing blow.
- detouring — Present participle of detour.
- digressing — to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.