offish

The word “offish” has 2 syllables: of-fish

It's pronounced as /ˈɔːfɪʃ/


What is synonym and antonym for offish?

In the thesaurus, “offish” has 65 synonyms and 29 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for offish

  • aloof
  • annoyed
  • antisocial
  • apathetic
  • asocial
  • buttoned-up
  • chill
  • chilly
  • clinical
  • cliquey
  • cliquish
  • clubbish
  • cold
  • cold-eyed
  • cool
  • detached
  • diffident
  • disinterested
  • dispassionate
  • distant
  • dry
  • frigid
  • frosty
  • hard
  • impersonal
  • impertinent
  • impudent
  • incurious
  • indifferent
  • indrawn
  • insolent
  • introverted
  • lukewarm
  • misanthropic
  • nongregarious
  • offended
  • offhand
  • procacious
  • professional
  • recessive
  • reclusive
  • remote
  • reserved
  • reticent
  • shy
  • silent
  • solitary
  • standoff
  • standoffish
  • taciturn
  • timid
  • unapproachable
  • unbending
  • unclubbable
  • uncommunicative
  • unconcerned
  • undemonstrative
  • unenthusiastic
  • unfriendly
  • uninterested
  • unresponsive
  • unsociable
  • unsocial
  • unwelcoming
  • withdrawn

Antonyms for offish

  • affable
  • agreeable
  • amiable
  • boon
  • clubable
  • clubbable
  • clubby
  • communicative
  • companionable
  • congenial
  • convivial
  • cordial
  • expansive
  • extraverted
  • extroverted
  • folksy
  • friendly
  • garrulous
  • genial
  • gracious
  • gregarious
  • hospitable
  • kindly
  • neighborly
  • outgoing
  • sociable
  • social
  • talkative
  • warm

Meanings of offish

  • adjective
    1. Aloof.

Example Sentences

  • His offish demeanor made it difficult for him to make new friends at the party.
  • Although she appeared offish at first, she was warm and welcoming once you got to know her.
  • The cat was particularly offish, hiding whenever strangers came to visit.
  • Her offish attitude during the meeting surprised everyone, as she usually participated actively.
  • He often felt misunderstood due to his offish nature, which was mistaken for rudeness.

On this page you'll find 94 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to offish, such as: affable, agreeable, aloof, amiable, annoyed, antisocial, apathetic.

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

Related Words

unambitious

  • apathetic
  • apprehensive
  • backward
  • bashful
  • biddable
  • blushing
  • content
  • courteous
  • dallying
  • deferential
  • demure
  • diffident
  • directionless
  • discreet
  • docile
  • down
  • down home
  • dull
  • easygoing
  • everyday
  • fearful
  • folksy
  • free-spirited
  • gentle
  • good-for-nothing
  • hesitant
  • homey
  • humble
  • humdrum
  • idle
  • inattentive
  • incompetent
  • indifferent
  • indolent
  • inelaborate
  • lackadaisical
  • laggard
  • lagging
  • laid-back
  • lazy
  • lethargic
  • lifeless
  • loafing
  • lowly
  • manageable
  • meek
  • mild
  • modest
  • mousy
  • no-account
  • no-good
  • obliging
  • obsequious
  • old hat
  • ordinary
  • plain
  • polite
  • prim
  • procrastinating
  • prosaic
  • quiet
  • reserved
  • respectful
  • retiring
  • reverential
  • sedate
  • self-conscious
  • self-effacing
  • servile
  • sheepish
  • shiftless
  • shy
  • simple
  • slack
  • slothful
  • soft-spoken
  • stale
  • standoffish
  • straightforward
  • submissive
  • subservient
  • supplicatory
  • tentative
  • timid
  • timorous
  • tractable
  • unaffected
  • unassertive
  • unassuming
  • unbeautified
  • uncomplex
  • uncreative
  • unembellished
  • unenergetic
  • unexciting
  • unimaginative
  • unimposing
  • unindustrious
  • uninspiring
  • uninteresting
  • unmotivated
  • unmoved
  • unobtrusive
  • unostentatious
  • unpresumptuous
  • unpretending
  • unpretentious
  • unspoiled
  • up front
  • useless
  • withdrawn
  • worthless

unbending

  • adamant
  • adamantine
  • aloof
  • anal-retentive
  • antisocial
  • apathetic
  • asocial
  • bloody-minded
  • bullheaded
  • buttoned-up
  • cantankerous
  • clinical
  • cliquey
  • cliquish
  • clubbish
  • cold
  • cold-eyed
  • confirmed
  • contrary
  • contumacious
  • cool
  • crisp
  • cussed
  • deaf to reason
  • defiant
  • demanding
  • detached
  • determined
  • diffident
  • disentangling
  • disinterested
  • disobedient
  • dispassionate
  • distant
  • do-or-die
  • dogged
  • dry
  • dug in
  • exacting
  • firm
  • formal
  • frosty
  • froward
  • hard
  • hard as nails
  • hard-line
  • hard-nosed
  • hard-shell
  • hard-shelled
  • hardened
  • hardheaded
  • headstrong
  • hell-bent
  • hidebound
  • hold the fort
  • hold the line
  • immovable
  • impersonal
  • implacable
  • incompliant
  • inconvincible
  • incurious
  • indifferent
  • indomitable
  • indrawn
  • inelastic
  • inexorable
  • inflexible
  • insubordinate
  • insurgent
  • intractable
  • intransigent
  • introverted
  • inveterate
  • invincible
  • iron
  • locked-in
  • misanthropic
  • mulish
  • mutinous
  • narrow-minded
  • nongregarious
  • obdurate
  • obsessive
  • obstinate
  • offish
  • opinionated
  • ossified
  • pat
  • persistent
  • pertinacious
  • perverse
  • pigheaded
  • professional
  • recalcitrant
  • recessive
  • reclusive
  • refractory
  • relentless
  • remote
  • reserved
  • resolute
  • resolved
  • reticent
  • rigid
  • self-opinionated
  • self-willed
  • set
  • set in stone
  • severe
  • shy
  • silent
  • single-minded
  • standing pat
  • standoff
  • standoffish
  • steadfast
  • stern
  • stiff
  • stiff-necked
  • stouthearted
  • straightening
  • strict
  • stubborn
  • taciturn
  • tenacious
  • timid
  • unclubbable
  • uncoiling
  • uncommunicative
  • uncompromising
  • unconcerned
  • unconquerable
  • uncooperative
  • uncurling
  • unflexible
  • unflinching
  • ungovernable
  • uninterested
  • unkinking
  • unmanageable
  • unregenerate
  • unrelenting
  • unrolling
  • unruly
  • unsociable
  • unsocial
  • unswayable
  • untangling
  • untwining
  • untwisting
  • unwinding
  • unyielding
  • uptight
  • wayward
  • wilful
  • willful
  • withdrawn
  • wrongheaded

uncommunicative

  • aloof
  • backward
  • bashful
  • buttoned-up
  • clammed up
  • clandestine
  • close
  • close-mouthed
  • closemouthed
  • covert
  • coy
  • curt
  • dark
  • demure
  • diffident
  • discreet
  • distant
  • dried-up
  • dumb
  • dumbstruck
  • evasive
  • furtive
  • guarded
  • hugger-mugger
  • hush-hush
  • inarticulate
  • indrawn
  • inhibited
  • introverted
  • laconic
  • modest
  • mum
  • mute
  • muted
  • nonvocal
  • offish
  • prudent
  • quiet
  • reserved
  • restrained
  • reticent
  • retiring
  • secret
  • secretive
  • sedate
  • self-contained
  • self-effacing
  • sheepish
  • short
  • silent
  • sneak
  • sneaky
  • sober
  • speechless
  • staid
  • standoffish
  • stealthy
  • sulking
  • sulky
  • sullen
  • surreptitious
  • taciturn
  • tight-lipped
  • tight-mouthed
  • tongue-tied
  • unapproachable
  • undercover
  • underhand
  • underhanded
  • unresponsive
  • unsociable
  • voiceless
  • wordless

cool

  • A-OK
  • A1
  • OK
  • a la mode
  • abate
  • acceptable
  • adequate
  • affable
  • air-condition
  • air-conditioned
  • air-cool
  • algid
  • all right
  • allay
  • aloof
  • annoyed
  • antiseptic
  • antisocial
  • apathetic
  • apathy
  • aplomb
  • arctic
  • artfulness
  • asocial
  • assuage
  • assurance
  • assured
  • at peace
  • au courant
  • awesome
  • balance
  • bang-up
  • banner
  • beautiful
  • better
  • biting
  • bitter
  • bloodless
  • blue-chip
  • blue-ribbon
  • boffo
  • bone-chilling
  • bonnie
  • bonny
  • boss
  • bovine
  • bracing
  • brag
  • brave
  • breezy
  • brisk
  • brittle
  • bully
  • bumper
  • buttoned-up
  • calm
  • calm down
  • calmness
  • capital
  • carefree
  • centered
  • chic
  • chichi
  • chicness
  • chill
  • chill out
  • chilled
  • chilling
  • chilly
  • choice
  • clammy
  • class
  • classic
  • classical
  • classy
  • clinical
  • cliquey
  • cliquish
  • clubbish
  • cold
  • cold-blooded
  • cold-eyed
  • coldhearted
  • coldish
  • coldness
  • collected
  • collectedness
  • compose
  • composed
  • composedness
  • composure
  • confidence
  • confident
  • control
  • cool down
  • cool it
  • cooled
  • coolheaded
  • coolish
  • coolness
  • corking
  • countenance
  • crackerjack
  • cracking
  • crisp
  • cryogenic
  • cutting
  • dampen
  • dandy
  • dandyish
  • dapper
  • dapperness
  • dashing
  • decent
  • def
  • deliberate
  • detached
  • detachment
  • devil-may-care
  • diffident
  • disciplined
  • disinterest
  • disinterested
  • disinterestedness
  • dispassion
  • dispassionate
  • dispassionateness
  • distant
  • divine
  • doggish
  • doggy
  • dope
  • down
  • downtown
  • dressy
  • dry
  • dry up
  • dudish
  • dynamite
  • easygoing
  • easygoingness
  • edgy
  • elegance
  • elegant
  • equable
  • equal
  • equanimity
  • equilibrium
  • equitability
  • equitableness
  • even
  • even-keeled
  • excellent
  • exceptional
  • exclusive
  • fab
  • fabulous
  • fairness
  • famous
  • fancy
  • fantabulous
  • fantastic
  • fashionable
  • fashionableness
  • fine
  • first-class
  • first-rate
  • first-string
  • five-star
  • flashy
  • flossy
  • foppish
  • four-star
  • freeze
  • freezing
  • fresh
  • frigid
  • frontline
  • frore
  • frost
  • frosted
  • frosty
  • frozen
  • funky
  • gallant
  • gangbuster
  • gangbusters
  • gelid
  • gilt-edge
  • gilt-edged
  • glacial
  • gone
  • good
  • grace
  • graceful
  • gracefulness
  • grand
  • great
  • groovy
  • handsome
  • happening
  • happy-go-lucky
  • hard
  • hard-eyed
  • hard-hearted
  • haut
  • haute
  • heartless
  • heavenly
  • hep
  • high-class
  • high-grade
  • high-test
  • hip
  • hipness
  • hipsterism
  • hot
  • hunky-dory
  • hush
  • hype
  • ice
  • ice-cold
  • iced
  • icy
  • immense
  • impartiality
  • impassive
  • impassivity
  • impersonal
  • imperturbability
  • imperturbable
  • in
  • incurious
  • indifference
  • indifferent
  • indrawn
  • infrigidate
  • insensibility
  • introverted
  • invigorating
  • jim-dandy
  • keen
  • kicky
  • kindless
  • laid-back
  • laid-backness
  • lessen
  • level
  • levelheaded
  • limpid
  • loosey-goosey
  • lose heat
  • lovely
  • lukewarm
  • majestic
  • majesty
  • marvellous
  • marvelous
  • mean
  • mellow
  • misanthropic
  • mitigate
  • mod
  • moderate
  • modish
  • modishness
  • natty
  • neat
  • nerveless
  • nifty
  • nipping
  • nippy
  • nobby
  • noble
  • nonchalant
  • nongregarious
  • nonpartisanship
  • now
  • number one
  • numbing
  • numbness
  • numero uno
  • objectivity
  • offended
  • offhand
  • offish
  • okay
  • out of this world
  • out-of-sight
  • par excellence
  • passable
  • peace
  • peaceful
  • peacefulness
  • peachy
  • peachy keen
  • penetrating
  • phat
  • philosophical
  • phlegm
  • phlegmatic
  • piercing
  • pipe down
  • pitiless
  • placid
  • placidity
  • poise
  • polar
  • polish
  • posh
  • poshness
  • possessed
  • premium
  • prime
  • primo
  • prize
  • prizewinning
  • procacious
  • professional
  • quality
  • quick-freeze
  • quiet
  • quiet down
  • quietness
  • quietude
  • radical
  • rakish
  • rationality
  • rationalness
  • reasonability
  • reasonableness
  • recessive
  • reclusive
  • recollected
  • reduce
  • refined
  • refreshing
  • refrigerate
  • refrigerated
  • rein in
  • relax
  • relaxed
  • relieved
  • remote
  • repose
  • repress
  • reserve
  • reserved
  • restfulness
  • restrain
  • reticent
  • righteous
  • rigorous
  • ritzy
  • sangfroid
  • sassy
  • satisfactory
  • saucy
  • sedate
  • select
  • self-assurance
  • self-assured
  • self-assuredness
  • self-composed
  • self-composedness
  • self-confidence
  • self-contained
  • self-controlled
  • self-possessed
  • self-possession
  • self-trust
  • sensational
  • serene
  • sereneness
  • serenity
  • settle down
  • sharp
  • shivery
  • shy
  • silent
  • simmer down
  • slick
  • smart
  • smartness
  • smooth
  • snappy
  • sober
  • solitary
  • sophisticated
  • sophistication
  • soulless
  • special
  • spiffy
  • splendid
  • spruce
  • standard
  • standoff
  • standoffish
  • stateliness
  • stately
  • steady
  • stellar
  • sterling
  • stolid
  • style
  • stylish
  • stylishness
  • subfreezing
  • subzero
  • superb
  • supercool
  • superfine
  • superior
  • superlative
  • supernal
  • suppress
  • swank
  • swankiness
  • swanky
  • swell
  • swish
  • taciturn
  • taste
  • tasteful
  • tastefulness
  • temper
  • terrific
  • timid
  • tip-top
  • together
  • tolerable
  • too much
  • top
  • top-notch
  • top-of-the-line
  • top-shelf
  • topflight
  • topping
  • traditional
  • tranquil
  • tranquility
  • tranquilize
  • tranquilized
  • tranquillity
  • tranquillize
  • tranquillized
  • tranquilness
  • trendiness
  • trendy
  • turned-on
  • ultrachic
  • ultracold
  • ultracool
  • ultrahip
  • ultraposh
  • ultrasmart
  • ultrasophisticated
  • unagitated
  • unapproachable
  • unbending
  • unbiasedness
  • uncaring
  • unclubbable
  • uncommunicative
  • unconcern
  • unconcerned
  • uncordial
  • undemonstrative
  • undemonstrativeness
  • understated
  • undisturbed
  • unemotional
  • unenthusiastic
  • unexcited
  • unfeeling
  • unflappable
  • unfriendly
  • unheated
  • uninterested
  • unperturbed
  • unresponsive
  • unresponsiveness
  • unruffled
  • unshakable
  • unshaken
  • unsociable
  • unsocial
  • unsurpassed
  • unsympathetic
  • untroubled
  • unwelcoming
  • unwind
  • unworried
  • ventilate
  • voguish
  • voguishness
  • well-adjusted
  • well-balanced
  • wintery
  • wintry
  • with-it
  • withdrawn
  • wizard
  • wonderful
  • zone out

kindless

  • aloof
  • antiseptic
  • antisocial
  • apathetic
  • arctic
  • bloodless
  • brittle
  • chill
  • chilly
  • clammy
  • cold
  • cold-blooded
  • cold-eyed
  • coldhearted
  • coldish
  • cool
  • detached
  • dispassionate
  • frigid
  • frosty
  • frozen
  • gelid
  • glacial
  • hard-eyed
  • hard-hearted
  • heartless
  • icy
  • impersonal
  • indifferent
  • offish
  • pitiless
  • reserved
  • soulless
  • standoffish
  • uncaring
  • uncordial
  • undemonstrative
  • unemotional
  • unenthusiastic
  • unfeeling
  • unfriendly
  • uninterested
  • unresponsive
  • unsociable
  • unsocial
  • unsympathetic
  • wintery
  • wintry

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