off
The word “off” has 1 syllable: off
It's pronounced as /ɔf/
What is synonym and antonym for off?
In the thesaurus, “off” has 315 synonyms and 165 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for off along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for off
- X-rated
- abeyant
- abominable
- above
- abroad
- absent
- abysmal
- afar
- afield
- ahead
- amiss
- annihilate
- apart
- arrested
- aside
- askew
- asleep
- assassinate
- astray
- at rest
- atrocious
- away
- away from
- awful
- awry
- bad
- barnyard
- bastard
- bawdy
- behind
- below
- below par
- beneath
- beside
- blot out
- blow away
- blue
- brutal
- bum
- bump off
- bush
- bush-league
- butcher
- canceled
- carry off
- cheesy
- claim
- coarse
- coarse-grained
- comatose
- common
- counterfactual
- counterfeit
- crappy
- croak
- crude
- crumby
- crummy
- cut down
- cut-rate
- damnable
- dead
- deceitful
- deceptive
- decomposed
- defective
- deficient
- delusive
- delusory
- deplorable
- destroy
- detestable
- dirty
- disappearing
- disappointing
- disastrous
- disheartening
- dishonest
- dispatch
- displeasing
- dissatisfactory
- distorted
- divergent
- do away with
- do in
- dormant
- down
- dreadful
- dull
- earthy
- egregious
- eliminate
- elsewhere
- eradicate
- erroneous
- execrable
- execute
- exterminate
- fabricated
- fake
- fallacious
- fallow
- false
- far
- farther away
- faulty
- fell
- fictitious
- filthy
- finished
- flagrant
- flawed
- foul
- fragile
- frail
- fraudulent
- free
- fro
- from hunger
- gamey
- gamy
- get
- gnarly
- gone away
- gross
- gutter
- hence
- horrendous
- horrible
- ice
- idle
- ill
- illusory
- immodest
- in the distance
- inaccurate
- inactive
- inadequate
- incorrect
- indecent
- indecorous
- indelicate
- inert
- inexact
- inferior
- inoperable
- inoperative
- insufficient
- interrupted
- invalid
- invented
- junky
- kill
- knock off
- lacking
- lame
- lascivious
- latent
- leering
- lesser
- lewd
- lifeless
- liquidate
- little
- locker-room
- lousy
- low-grade
- low-quality
- low-rent
- lying
- made-up
- marginal
- massacre
- meager
- meagre
- mean
- mediocre
- mendacious
- minimal
- minor
- miscreant
- miserable
- miserly
- misleading
- moribund
- mortifying
- murder
- nasty
- naughty
- negligible
- neutralize
- niggardly
- not employed
- not here
- not on duty
- not up to par
- not up to snuff
- obscene
- odious
- off base
- off-color
- off-colored
- on the shelf
- on vacation
- out
- out of commission
- outside
- over
- paltry
- pathetic
- phoney
- phony
- poor
- pornographic
- porny
- postponed
- prurient
- punk
- put away
- putrid
- quiescent
- quiet
- racy
- rancid
- raunchy
- remote
- removed
- reprehensible
- ribald
- rotten
- rub out
- rubbishy
- salty
- scanty
- scurrilous
- second-rate
- shabby
- sham
- shoddy
- shoot
- shoot down
- short
- skimp
- skimpy
- slack
- slaughter
- slay
- sleazy
- sleepy
- slender
- slight
- slim
- slow
- small
- smite
- smutty
- snuff
- sour
- spare
- specious
- spicy
- spurious
- stag
- stingy
- stinky
- suboptimal
- subpar
- substandard
- sucky
- suggestive
- suspended
- take out
- terminate
- terrible
- tiny
- to one side
- trashy
- trumped-up
- turned
- turning aside
- unacceptable
- unavailable
- unconfirmed
- under par
- unoccupied
- unprintable
- unproven
- unpublishable
- unrewarding
- unsatisfactory
- unsound
- unspeakable
- untested
- untrue
- untruthful
- unusable
- unused
- unworkable
- up front
- useless
- vacant
- valueless
- vanishing
- vile
- villainous
- vulgar
- wack
- wanting
- warm
- whack
- wipe out
- worthless
- wretched
- wrong
- zap
Antonyms for off
- A1
- G-rated
- OK
- Victorian
- acceptable
- accurate
- active
- adequate
- alive
- all right
- animate
- assiduous
- average
- bang-up
- banner
- better
- borderline
- boss
- busy
- capital
- choice
- classic
- classical
- clean
- close
- confirmed
- considerable
- correct
- crackerjack
- dandy
- decent
- decorous
- demonstrated
- distinct
- divine
- employed
- energetic
- errorless
- established
- exact
- excellent
- exceptional
- fabulous
- factual
- fair
- fancy
- faultless
- feasible
- fine
- first-class
- first-rate
- flawless
- functional
- functioning
- genteel
- going
- good
- goodly
- grand
- gratifying
- great
- groovy
- healthy
- heavenly
- here
- high-grade
- high-test
- impeccable
- industrious
- innocuous
- inoffensive
- jim-dandy
- keen
- large
- largish
- letter-perfect
- living
- marvellous
- marvelous
- mean
- mediocre
- middling
- minimal
- neat
- nice
- nifty
- noble
- nonobscene
- okay
- on
- operable
- operating
- operational
- operative
- par excellence
- passable
- perfect
- polite
- practical
- precise
- premium
- present
- priggish
- prim
- prime
- proper
- proven
- prudish
- puritanical
- raise
- respectable
- restore
- resurrect
- resuscitate
- revive
- right
- running
- satisfactory
- satisfying
- sedulous
- seemly
- sensational
- significant
- sizable
- sizeable
- slick
- so-so
- sound
- special
- splendid
- staid
- standard
- stellar
- sterling
- straightlaced
- straitlaced
- substantial
- sufficient
- suitable
- superb
- superior
- superlative
- supernal
- swell
- terrific
- tested
- tidy
- tip-top
- tolerable
- top
- top-notch
- true
- unexceptional
- unsurpassed
- usable
- useable
- useful
- valid
- veracious
- viable
- vigorous
- wonderful
- workable
- working
- worthy
Meanings of off
- noun
- (usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point.
- verb
- To kill.
- To switch off.
- adjective
- Inoperative, disabled.
- Cancelled; not happening.
- Not fitted; not being worn.
- Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
- Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
- Inappropriate; untoward.
- (in phrases such as 'well off', 'better off', 'poorly off') Circumstanced.
- Started on the way.
- Far; off to the side.
- Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
- (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
- (of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable.
- (in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
- In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
- adverb
- In a direction away from the speaker or object.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
- Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
- preposition
- Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.
- Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
- Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
- Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
- Removed or subtracted from.
- No longer wanting or taking.
- (more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.
- Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
Example Sentences
- Please turn the lights off when you leave the room.
- She took her shoes off before entering the house.
- The teacher asked the students to off their phones during the exam.
- He decided to take a day off work to relax and recharge.
- The cat jumped off the table and landed gracefully on the floor.
On this page you'll find 480 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to off, such as: A1, G-rated, OK, Victorian, X-rated, abeyant, abominable.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
a bit much
- annoying
- arduous
- baroque
- boresome
- boring
- boundless
- burdensome
- demanding
- devilish
- difficult
- drag
- dragging
- drudging
- dull
- endless
- enervative
- enough
- enough already
- exacting
- excessive
- excruciating
- exhausting
- exorbitant
- extravagant
- extreme
- fancy
- fatiguing
- flat
- hard
- heavy
- heavy-handed
- hefty
- ho-hum
- humdrum
- immeasurable
- immoderate
- impossible
- improper
- inadmissible
- inappropriate
- infinite
- inordinate
- insane
- insufferable
- insupportable
- intolerable
- irksome
- jading
- laborious
- last straw
- lavish
- limitless
- monotonous
- nowhere
- offensive
- onerous
- oppressive
- over-the-top
- overdue
- overextravagant
- overmuch
- overweening
- painful
- plethoric
- steep
- stiff
- strenuous
- tedious
- thick
- tired
- tiring
- too much
- tough
- towering
- trying
- unacceptable
- unbearable
- unconscionable
- uncool
- undesirable
- undue
- unendurable
- uninteresting
- unjustifiable
- unmerciful
- unrelieved
- unrestrained
- unseemly
- unsufferable
- unsupportable
- unsurpassable
- unwarranted
- vexatious
- wearing
- wearisome
- wearying
- yawn
A1
- 24-carat
- A-OK
- OK
- acceptable
- ace
- adequate
- all right
- awesome
- bang-up
- banner
- beautiful
- best
- better
- blue-chip
- blue-ribbon
- boffo
- bonnie
- bonny
- boss
- brag
- brave
- bully
- bumper
- capital
- choice
- choicest
- classic
- classical
- cool
- corking
- crackerjack
- cracking
- dandy
- decent
- divine
- dope
- down
- dynamite
- excellent
- exceptional
- fab
- fabulous
- famous
- fancy
- fantabulous
- fantastic
- fine
- first-class
- first-rate
- first-string
- five-star
- flawless
- four-star
- frontline
- gangbuster
- gangbusters
- gilt-edge
- gilt-edged
- gone
- good
- grand
- great
- greatest
- groovy
- heavenly
- high-class
- high-grade
- high-test
- highest
- hot
- hype
- ideal
- immense
- jim-dandy
- keen
- lovely
- marvellous
- marvelous
- matchless
- maximum
- mean
- most advantageous
- most favorable
- neat
- nifty
- noble
- number one
- numero uno
- okay
- optimal
- out of this world
- out-of-sight
- par excellence
- passable
- peachy
- peachy keen
- peak
- peerless
- perfect
- phat
- premium
- prime
- primo
- prize
- prizewinning
- quality
- radical
- righteous
- satisfactory
- select
- sensational
- slick
- solid-gold
- special
- splendid
- standard
- stellar
- sterling
- superb
- superfine
- superior
- superlative
- supernal
- swell
- terrific
- tip-top
- tolerable
- too much
- top
- top-notch
- top-of-the-line
- top-shelf
- topflight
- topping
- traditional
- unsurpassed
- wizard
- wonderful
- world-class
aback
- abruptly
- all of a sudden
- amazingly
- astoundingly
- confused
- off base
- short
- suddenly
- surprised
- surprisingly
- thrown off
- thrown off guard
- unanticipatedly
- unaware
- unawares
- unexpectedly
abandon
- abandonment
- abdicate
- abjure
- abort
- abrogate
- annul
- ardor
- back out
- bail out
- bask
- blank check
- bow out
- break off
- break up
- call
- call off
- cancel
- carelessness
- carte blanche
- casualness
- cease
- chicken out
- close
- conclude
- cop out
- countermand
- cry off
- cut loose
- cut off
- deliver
- desert
- discard
- discontinue
- disown
- disregard
- distance
- ditch
- drop
- drop out
- duck
- dump
- dust
- ease
- end
- enthusiasm
- escape
- excess
- excessiveness
- expire
- exuberance
- fervor
- finish
- flake out
- fling
- fly the coop
- forget
- forsake
- free hand
- freedom
- give up
- give up the ship
- halt
- hand over
- hang it up
- heedlessness
- hold back
- ignore
- immoderacy
- impulse
- impulsiveness
- impulsivity
- incontinence
- indiscretion
- indulge
- indulgence
- insouciance
- intemperance
- interrupt
- invalidate
- jettison
- jilt
- junk
- kiss goodbye
- knock off
- leave
- leave behind
- leave off
- leg it
- let go
- licentiousness
- lightheartedness
- luxuriate
- maroon
- naturalness
- neglect
- nullify
- offhandedness
- opt out
- overdo
- overindulge
- pause
- permissiveness
- pull out
- quit
- recall
- recant
- recklessness
- reject
- relinquish
- renounce
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- retract
- revel
- reverse
- revoke
- roll
- roll back
- run out on
- sacrifice
- scrap
- screw
- scrub
- shed
- ship out
- shut off
- spirit
- spontaneity
- spontaneousness
- stop
- storm out
- strand
- surrender
- suspend
- take a powder
- take a walk
- take back
- taper off
- terminate
- thoughtlessness
- throw away
- throw out
- throw over
- throw up
- unconstraint
- uninhibitedness
- unrestraint
- unself-consciousness
- vacate
- void
- walk away from
- walk out on
- wallow
- wantonness
- warmth
- wash hands of
- wildness
- wind up
- withdraw
- wrap up
- write off
- yield
- zeal
- zealotry
- zealousness
abandoned
- abjured
- aborted
- abrogated
- alone
- annulled
- barbaric
- basked
- broke off
- broke up
- called
- called off
- canceled
- cancelled
- cast aside
- cast away
- cast-off
- castaway
- ceased
- closed
- concluded
- corrupt
- countermanded
- cried off
- cut off
- delivered
- depraved
- derelict
- deserted
- desolate
- discarded
- discontinued
- disowned
- disregarded
- dissipated
- dissolute
- distanced
- disused
- ditched
- dropped
- dumped
- eighty-sixed
- eliminated
- empty
- ended
- escaped
- expired
- finished
- flung
- forgot
- forgotten
- forsaken
- forsook
- gave up
- given up
- godforsaken
- halted
- handed over
- held back
- hog wild
- hung it up
- idle
- ignored
- immoral
- incontinent
- incorrigible
- indulged
- intemperate
- interrupted
- invalidated
- jettisoned
- jilted
- junked
- knocked off
- left
- left in the cold
- left in the lurch
- left off
- licentious
- luxuriated
- marooned
- miserable
- neglected
- nullified
- outcast
- overdid
- overindulged
- passed up
- paused
- pigeon-holed
- profligate
- quit
- quitted
- rampant
- raw
- recalled
- recanted
- refuse
- rejected
- relinquished
- renounced
- repealed
- repudiated
- rescinded
- retracted
- reveled
- revelled
- reversed
- revoked
- riotous
- rolled
- rolled back
- runaway
- sacrificed
- scrapped
- scrubbed
- shabby
- shameless
- shed
- shunned
- shut off
- side-tracked
- sidelined
- sinful
- stopped
- stranded
- surrendered
- suspended
- tapered off
- terminated
- threw away
- threw out
- threw up
- took back
- unattended
- unbounded
- unbridled
- unchecked
- uncontrollable
- uncontrolled
- ungovernable
- unhampered
- unhindered
- uninhibited
- unoccupied
- unprincipled
- unrestrained
- untended
- vacant
- vacated
- void
- voided
- walked away from
- walked out on
- wallowed
- wanton
- waste
- wicked
- wild
- winded up
- withdrew
- wound up
- wrapped up
- wretched
- wrote off
- yielded