divagate

Questions about divagate

What does divagate mean?

divagate means "lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking".

How many syllables are in divagate?

divagate has 3 syllables and divides as di-va-gate under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for divagate?

Close synonyms include digress, stray, wander. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is divagate a common word?

divagate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.