offing

The word “offing” has 2 syllables: of-fing

It's pronounced as /ˈɔːfɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for offing?

In the thesaurus, “offing” has 116 synonyms and 18 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for offing

afterlife
aftertime
afterward
afterworld
annihilating
annihilation
assassinating
assassination
big chill
blitz
blood
blood and guts
blood bath
bloodshed
blotting out
blowing away
bump-off
bumping off
butchering
butchery
by-and-by
carnage
carrying off
claiming
crime
croaking
cutting down
death
destiny
destroying
destruction
dispatching
doing away with
doing in
eliminating
eradicating
eternity
eventuality
executing
expectation
exterminating
extermination
fate
felling
felony
finality
foul play
future
future existence
future life
futurity
getting
gore
havoc
heaven
hecatomb
hell
hereafter
hit
holocaust
homicide
icing
infinity
killing
knifing
knocking off
life to come
liquidating
liquidation
lynching
manslaughter
mass murder
massacre
massacring
millennium
morrow
murder
murdering
neutralizing
next world
off
one-way ticket
otherworld
outlook
posterity
prospect
putting away
rapine
ride
rubbing out
rubout
search and destroy
shambles
shooting
shooting down
slaughter
slaughtering
slaying
smiting
snuffing
subsequent time
taking out
terminating
terrorism
the beyond
the business
the works
to-be
tomorrow
underworld
warfare
wasting
whacking
wiping out
world to come
zapping

Antonyms for offing

animating
antiquity
life
moment
now
old
past
peace
present
raising
restoring
resurrecting
resuscitating
reviving
today
yesterday
yesteryear
yore

Meanings of offing

verb
1. To kill.
2. To switch off.
noun
1. The area of the sea in which a ship can be seen in the distance from land, excluding the parts nearest the shore, and beyond the anchoring ground.
2. The distance that a ship at sea keeps away from land, often because of navigational dangers, fog and other hazards; a position at a distance from shore.
3. The foreseeable future. Chiefly in the phrase in the offing.

Example Sentences

As they sailed further out to sea, the offing became a blur of colors at sunset.
The storm was brewing in the offing, prompting the fishermen to head back to shore.
She spotted a large vessel approaching in the offing and wondered what it might be.
With the offing filled with dark clouds, they decided to delay their journey.
The captain scanned the horizon, looking for signs of other ships in the offing.

On this page you'll find 134 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to offing, such as: afterlife, aftertime, afterward, afterworld, animating, annihilating, annihilation.

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