Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sidetrack

1 sense of sidetrack

Sense 1
siding, railroad siding, turnout, sidetrack -- (a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass)
       => railroad track, railroad, railway -- (a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sidetrack

1 sense of sidetrack

Sense 1
sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle -- (wander from a direct or straight course)
       => deviate, divert -- (turn aside; turn away from)