call off

The phrase “call off” has 2 syllables: call off

It's pronounced as /ˈkɔːl ɒf/


What is synonym and antonym for call off?

In the thesaurus, “call off” has 50 synonyms and 14 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for call off along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for call off

  • abandon
  • abort
  • abrogate
  • abstract
  • amuse
  • annul
  • beguile
  • break off
  • call
  • cancel
  • countermand
  • cry off
  • desist
  • detract
  • discontinue
  • distract
  • divert
  • drop
  • end
  • entertain
  • give up
  • halt
  • hold back
  • interrupt
  • invalidate
  • kill
  • nullify
  • postpone
  • recall
  • recant
  • relinquish
  • repeal
  • rescind
  • retract
  • reverse
  • revoke
  • roll back
  • scrap
  • scrub
  • stop
  • stray
  • surrender
  • suspend
  • take back
  • terminate
  • throw off
  • void
  • wander
  • withdraw
  • write off

Antonyms for call off

  • begin
  • commence
  • concentrate
  • continue
  • engage
  • focus
  • initiate
  • keep
  • pledge
  • promise
  • start
  • take on
  • take up
  • undertake

Meanings of call off

  • verb
    1. To recall; to cancel or call a halt to.
    2. To telephone in one's notice of a day's absence from work.

Example Sentences

  • Due to the heavy rain, they had to call off the outdoor picnic.
  • The union threatened to call off the strike if their demands were met by management.
  • The referee decided to call off the soccer match because of the unsafe playing conditions.
  • After hours of negotiation, they finally agreed to call off the military operation.
  • The company had to call off the product launch due to unforeseen technical issues.

On this page you'll find 64 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to call off, such as: abandon, abort, abrogate, abstract, amuse, annul, begin.

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Related Words

abandon

abate

  • abbreviate
  • abolish
  • abort
  • abridge
  • abrogate
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • avoid
  • ban
  • bankrupt
  • bereave
  • break down
  • call
  • call off
  • cancel
  • cheat
  • clip
  • collapse
  • compress
  • condense
  • constrict
  • contract
  • cool
  • countermand
  • crop
  • curtail
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • de-escalate
  • decline
  • decrease
  • deduct
  • deflate
  • defraud
  • dent
  • denude
  • deplete
  • deprive
  • diminish
  • disallow
  • disannul
  • discount
  • disfurnish
  • dismiss
  • dissolve
  • divest
  • do away with
  • dock
  • downscale
  • downsize
  • drop
  • dull
  • dwindle
  • ease
  • ebb
  • eliminate
  • enjoin
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • evaporate
  • fall
  • fall away
  • flag
  • forbid
  • give out
  • impoverish
  • invalidate
  • knock down
  • knock off
  • lessen
  • let up
  • liquidate
  • lower
  • minimize
  • moderate
  • modify
  • modulate
  • negate
  • nick
  • null
  • nullify
  • outlaw
  • override
  • overrule
  • overturn
  • pall
  • pare
  • phase down
  • prohibit
  • prune
  • qualify
  • quash
  • quell
  • recall
  • recede
  • reduce
  • reject
  • relax
  • relent
  • remediate
  • remit
  • remove
  • repeal
  • rescind
  • retract
  • retrench
  • reverse
  • revoke
  • roll back
  • set aside
  • shortchange
  • shorten
  • shrink
  • sink
  • slacken
  • slash
  • slow
  • strike down
  • strip
  • subdue
  • subside
  • subtract
  • suspend
  • take off
  • taper
  • taper off
  • throw out
  • trim
  • truncate
  • vacate
  • vanish
  • veto
  • void
  • wane
  • weaken
  • whittle
  • withdraw
  • write off

kayo

  • KO
  • TKO
  • X out
  • abolish
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • bang
  • bash
  • bastinade
  • bastinado
  • bat
  • battering
  • beat
  • beating
  • belt
  • biff
  • black out
  • blot out
  • blow
  • bludgeon
  • bludgeoning
  • blue pencil
  • body blow
  • bop
  • box
  • buffet
  • bust
  • call all bets off
  • call off
  • cancel
  • chop
  • clap
  • clip
  • clobber
  • clobbering
  • clout
  • cold pack
  • coldcock
  • counter
  • counterblow
  • counterpunch
  • counterstroke
  • coup de grace
  • crack
  • cruncher
  • cudgeling
  • cudgelling
  • cuff
  • cut
  • dab
  • delete
  • discard
  • do in
  • douse
  • down
  • drop
  • drubbing
  • efface
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • exclude
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • extirpate
  • fell
  • fillip
  • final blow
  • finishing blow
  • flogging
  • floor
  • gut
  • hack
  • hammer
  • hammering
  • hamstring
  • hand
  • haymaker
  • hearts and flowers
  • hit
  • hook
  • jab
  • kick
  • kill
  • knee
  • knock
  • knock down
  • knock off
  • knock out
  • knock over
  • knock senseless
  • knockdown
  • knockout
  • knockout blow
  • lambasting
  • larrup
  • lash
  • launder
  • lay out
  • left
  • level
  • lick
  • licking
  • omit
  • one-two
  • overthrow
  • paste
  • pasting
  • pelt
  • pick
  • plump
  • poke
  • pound
  • pounding
  • prostrate
  • pummeling
  • pummelling
  • punch
  • rabbit punch
  • rap
  • raze
  • remove
  • right
  • right-hander
  • roundhouse
  • scrub
  • shiver
  • sidewinder
  • slam
  • slap
  • slog
  • slug
  • smack
  • smash
  • smite
  • sock
  • spank
  • stinger
  • strike out
  • stripe
  • stroke
  • sucker punch
  • swat
  • swing
  • swipe
  • switch
  • take out
  • technical knockout
  • thrashing
  • throw down
  • thud
  • thump
  • thwack
  • topple
  • trim
  • uppercut
  • wallop
  • walloping
  • welt
  • whack
  • whale
  • wham
  • whap
  • whip
  • whipping
  • whop
  • wipe out
  • zap

table

  • abort
  • abrogate
  • add
  • adjourn
  • agenda
  • aliment
  • altiplano
  • annul
  • appendix
  • bake
  • banquet
  • bar
  • barbecue
  • barbeque
  • bed table
  • bench
  • bibliography
  • bill of fare
  • bite
  • board
  • bread
  • break off
  • break up
  • breakfast
  • buffet
  • bureau
  • butte
  • calculate
  • calendar
  • call
  • call off
  • canon
  • card table
  • catalog
  • catalogue
  • chart
  • checklist
  • chow
  • chronology
  • chuck
  • cipher
  • clambake
  • close
  • coffee table
  • collation
  • comestibles
  • commissary
  • compendium
  • compilation
  • compute
  • conclude
  • console
  • cookout
  • cool
  • count
  • counter
  • cuisine
  • defer
  • delay
  • desk
  • diet
  • digest
  • dining table
  • dinner
  • dinner table
  • directory
  • disband
  • discontinue
  • dish
  • disperse
  • dissolve
  • divide
  • docket
  • dome
  • dresser
  • drop
  • eatables
  • eats
  • edibles
  • end
  • ensilage
  • enter
  • enumerate
  • enumeration
  • fare
  • feast
  • feed
  • figure
  • finger food
  • flat
  • fodder
  • food
  • foodstuffs
  • forage
  • fry
  • fry-up
  • glossary
  • graph
  • grub
  • gulp
  • halt
  • hang
  • height
  • highland
  • hold off
  • hold up
  • illustration
  • index
  • intermit
  • interrupt
  • invalidate
  • inventory
  • karoo
  • karroo
  • lectern
  • list
  • listing
  • luau
  • lunch
  • luncheon
  • manifest
  • meal
  • meat
  • meat and drink
  • menu
  • mesa
  • mess
  • morsel
  • move
  • multiply
  • natural food
  • negate
  • nourishment
  • nullify
  • number
  • nurture
  • nutriment
  • pap
  • payroll
  • picnic
  • pigeonhole
  • plain
  • plan
  • plate
  • plateau
  • platter
  • postpone
  • potluck
  • propose
  • prorogate
  • prorogue
  • provender
  • provisions
  • pulpit
  • puna
  • put aside
  • put forward
  • put off
  • put on back burner
  • put on hold
  • put on ice
  • put on the shelf
  • quash
  • rations
  • recall
  • recess
  • reckon
  • recompute
  • record
  • refection
  • refectory table
  • refigure
  • refreshments
  • regale
  • register
  • registry
  • repast
  • repeal
  • rescind
  • reserve
  • revoke
  • roast
  • roll
  • roll call
  • roster
  • schedule
  • serving
  • shelve
  • side table
  • sideboard
  • silage
  • sink
  • slab
  • slop
  • smorgasbord
  • snack
  • spread
  • stand
  • statistics
  • stop
  • submit
  • subtract
  • suggest
  • sum
  • summary
  • summate
  • supper
  • supplies
  • suspend
  • sustenance
  • swill
  • synopsis
  • table of contents
  • tableland
  • tabulate
  • tabulation
  • tally
  • taste
  • tea
  • tea table
  • tell
  • terminate
  • timetable
  • total
  • totalize
  • tucker
  • upland
  • viands
  • victuals
  • vittles
  • void
  • wagon
  • wind up
  • work out
  • wrap up

vacate

  • abandon
  • abate
  • abolish
  • abort
  • abrogate
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • avoid
  • ban
  • bleed
  • break down
  • call
  • call off
  • cancel
  • clean
  • clear
  • countermand
  • depart
  • deplete
  • disallow
  • disannul
  • discharge
  • dismiss
  • dissolve
  • do away with
  • drain
  • drop
  • eliminate
  • empty
  • enjoin
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • evacuate
  • exhaust
  • flush
  • forbid
  • give up
  • go away
  • invalidate
  • leave
  • liquidate
  • move out
  • move out of
  • negate
  • null
  • nullify
  • outlaw
  • override
  • overrule
  • overturn
  • part with
  • prohibit
  • purge
  • quash
  • quit
  • recall
  • reject
  • relinquish
  • remove
  • renounce
  • repeal
  • rescind
  • retract
  • reverse
  • revoke
  • roll back
  • scour
  • set aside
  • strike down
  • suspend
  • sweep
  • throw out
  • veto
  • void
  • waste
  • withdraw
  • write off

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