off-the-cuff

The word “off-the-cuff” has 3 syllables: off-the-cuff

It's pronounced as /ɒf ðə kʌf/


What is synonym and antonym for off-the-cuff?

In the thesaurus, “off-the-cuff” has 56 synonyms and 9 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for off-the-cuff along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for off-the-cuff

  • ad hoc
  • ad-lib
  • automatic
  • autoschediastic
  • by ear
  • casual
  • cursive
  • down and dirty
  • expedient
  • extemporaneous
  • extemporaneously
  • extemporary
  • extempore
  • fake
  • free
  • half-baked
  • half-cocked
  • ill-advised
  • immediate
  • impromptu
  • improv
  • improvisational
  • improvisatory
  • improvised
  • improviso
  • impulsive
  • informal
  • instinctive
  • involuntary
  • jamming
  • made-up
  • makeshift
  • off the hip
  • offhand
  • offhanded
  • on impulse
  • on-the-spot
  • played by ear
  • shot from the hip
  • snap
  • spontaneous
  • spur of the moment
  • spur-of-the-moment
  • toss off
  • toss out
  • unauthorized
  • unconsidered
  • unplanned
  • unpremeditated
  • unprepared
  • unrehearsed
  • unscripted
  • unstudied
  • whipped up
  • winged
  • winging it

Antonyms for off-the-cuff

  • considered
  • deliberate
  • intended
  • intentional
  • planned
  • premeditated
  • premeditative
  • prepared
  • rehearsed

Meanings of off-the-cuff

  • adjective
    1. Extemporaneous; without prior preparation; spontaneous; impromptu.

Example Sentences

  • His response was completely off-the-cuff, without any preparation.
  • She made an off-the-cuff comment that turned out to be quite insightful.
  • The speaker gave an off-the-cuff answer, though it was not entirely accurate.
  • He tends to make off-the-cuff decisions, which sometimes lead to problems.
  • During the interview, she provided an off-the-cuff explanation for the delay.

On this page you'll find 65 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to off-the-cuff, such as: ad hoc, ad-lib, automatic, autoschediastic, by ear, casual, considered.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

offhanded

unbidden

  • accommodating
  • active
  • ad-lib
  • amenable
  • arrogant
  • automatic
  • autonomous
  • break loose
  • casual
  • cheerful
  • chosen
  • compliant
  • consenting
  • content
  • deliberate
  • designful
  • desirous
  • discretional
  • disposed
  • down
  • eager
  • elected
  • energetic
  • enthusiastic
  • extemporaneous
  • extempore
  • fair
  • favorable
  • feeling
  • forward
  • free
  • free-spirited
  • free-willed
  • freely
  • from the hip
  • game
  • go along with
  • gratuitous
  • happy
  • honorary
  • impetuous
  • impromptu
  • improvised
  • impudent
  • in accord with
  • in favor
  • in the mood
  • inclined
  • independent
  • inevitable
  • instinctive
  • intended
  • intentional
  • involuntary
  • irresistible
  • like-minded
  • natural
  • not asked
  • obedient
  • objectionable
  • off top of head
  • off-the-cuff
  • offensive
  • offhand
  • opted
  • optional
  • overbearing
  • pleased
  • predisposed
  • prepared
  • presumptuous
  • prompt
  • prone
  • reliable
  • responsible
  • simple
  • spontaneous
  • supererogatory
  • tractable
  • unacceptable
  • unartful
  • unasked
  • unavoidable
  • uncalled-for
  • uncompelled
  • unconscious
  • unconstrained
  • uncontrived
  • uncontrolled
  • undemanded
  • undesirable
  • undesired
  • unforced
  • unintentional
  • uninvited
  • unnecessary
  • unpaid
  • unplanned
  • unpremediated
  • unprescribed
  • unprompted
  • unrequested
  • unsolicited
  • unsophisticated
  • unsought
  • unstudied
  • unwanted
  • unwelcome
  • up front
  • volitional
  • voluntarily
  • voluntary
  • volunteer
  • well-disposed
  • willed
  • willful
  • willing
  • wished
  • without prompting
  • witting
  • zealous

offhand

  • accidentally
  • ad hoc
  • ad-lib
  • aimlessly
  • aloof
  • anyhow
  • anyway
  • anywise
  • arbitrarily
  • automatic
  • breezy
  • brusque
  • by-the-way
  • capriciously
  • carelessly
  • casual
  • casually
  • cavalier
  • cool
  • cursive
  • curt
  • desultorily
  • disconnectedly
  • disjointedly
  • down and dirty
  • easygoing
  • erratically
  • extemporaneous
  • extemporary
  • extempore
  • fitfully
  • folksy
  • fortuitously
  • glib
  • half-baked
  • half-cocked
  • haphazard
  • haphazardly
  • helter-skelter
  • higgledy-piggledy
  • hit or miss
  • ill-advised
  • impromptu
  • improvisational
  • improvised
  • impulsive
  • inadvertently
  • indiscriminately
  • informal
  • informally
  • instinctive
  • intermittently
  • involuntary
  • irregularly
  • laid-back
  • mellow
  • off the cuff
  • off the hip
  • off the top of head
  • off-the-cuff
  • offhanded
  • offhandedly
  • perfunctory
  • promiscuously
  • randomly
  • snap
  • spontaneous
  • spottily
  • spur-of-the-moment
  • throwaway
  • topsy-turvy
  • unauthorized
  • unceremonious
  • unconcerned
  • unconsciously
  • unconsidered
  • unintentionally
  • uninterested
  • unplanned
  • unpredictably
  • unpremeditated
  • unprepared
  • unrehearsed
  • unscripted
  • unstudied
  • unwittingly
  • whimsically
  • willy-nilly
  • without preparation

rash

  • abrupt
  • abundance
  • adventurous
  • army
  • audacious
  • barrel
  • basketful
  • bevy
  • boatload
  • bold
  • bonanza
  • brash
  • breakneck
  • breakout
  • breathtaking
  • bucket
  • bunch
  • bundle
  • bushel
  • carload
  • chunk
  • cram
  • crowd
  • crush
  • cursory
  • daring
  • deal
  • deluge
  • determined
  • devil-may-care
  • dozen
  • drive-by
  • drove
  • embarrassment
  • epidemic
  • eruption
  • excess
  • fiery
  • fistful
  • flock
  • flood
  • flying
  • foolhardy
  • frenzied
  • furious
  • gadarene
  • gazillion
  • gobs
  • good deal
  • harebrained
  • hasty
  • headlong
  • headstrong
  • heady
  • heap
  • heedless
  • helter-skelter
  • herd
  • hives
  • horde
  • horseback
  • host
  • hotheaded
  • hundred
  • hurried
  • ill-advised
  • ill-considered
  • immature
  • impatient
  • impetuous
  • impromptu
  • imprudent
  • impulsive
  • incautious
  • indiscreet
  • injudicious
  • insuppressible
  • irrational
  • jillion
  • jumping to conclusions
  • kazillion
  • lashings
  • lashins
  • legion
  • loads
  • lot
  • madcap
  • makeshift
  • mass
  • mess
  • million
  • mob
  • mountain
  • much
  • multiplicity
  • multitude
  • myriad
  • off-the-cuff
  • offhand
  • offhanded
  • oodles
  • overabundance
  • overage
  • overflow
  • overhasty
  • overkill
  • overmuch
  • oversupply
  • pack
  • pandemic
  • passel
  • passionate
  • peck
  • pell-mell
  • pile
  • plague
  • plateful
  • plenitude
  • plentitude
  • plenty
  • plethora
  • pot
  • potful
  • precipitant
  • precipitate
  • precipitous
  • premature
  • press
  • profusion
  • quantity
  • quick
  • raft
  • rapid
  • reams
  • reckless
  • redundancy
  • rush
  • rushed
  • scads
  • score
  • sea
  • series
  • sheaf
  • shipload
  • sight
  • slapdash
  • slew
  • snap
  • spate
  • speedy
  • spontaneous
  • spur-of-the-moment
  • stack
  • store
  • succession
  • sudden
  • superabundance
  • superfluity
  • surfeit
  • surplus
  • swarm
  • swift
  • thoughtless
  • thousands
  • throng
  • ton
  • trillion
  • truckload
  • unadvised
  • unguarded
  • unthinking
  • unwary
  • venturesome
  • venturous
  • volume
  • wad
  • wave
  • wealth
  • wild
  • yard
  • zillion

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