offsetting

The word “offsetting” has 3 syllables: off-set-ting

It's pronounced as /ˈɔf.sɛt.ɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for offsetting?

In the thesaurus, “offsetting” has 57 synonyms and 8 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for offsetting

  • aid
  • amendment
  • amends
  • annulling
  • assistance
  • atonement
  • balancing
  • change
  • conciliation
  • correcting
  • correction
  • counteracting
  • counterbalancing
  • counterpoising
  • cure
  • ease
  • indemnity
  • invalidating
  • justice
  • negating
  • negativing
  • neutering
  • neutralizing
  • nullifying
  • outbalancing
  • outweighing
  • overriding
  • overruling
  • payment
  • quittance
  • recompense
  • rectification
  • redeeming
  • redressing
  • reestablishment
  • reformation
  • rehabilitation
  • relief
  • relieving
  • remedy
  • remedying
  • remission
  • remodeling
  • remunerative
  • renewal
  • repair
  • reparation
  • reprisal
  • requital
  • restitution
  • retribution
  • return
  • revision
  • reward
  • reworking
  • satisfaction
  • vengeance

Antonyms for offsetting

  • damage
  • destruction
  • hindrance
  • hurt
  • injury
  • penalty
  • sympathy
  • worsening

Meanings of offsetting

  • verb
    1. To compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
    2. To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
  • noun
    1. The act of offsetting.
    2. An amount offset.

Example Sentences

  • The company is offsetting its carbon footprint by planting more trees.
  • She focused on offsetting her expenses by taking a part-time job.
  • The new policy aims at offsetting the economic downturn.
  • They are offsetting the high energy costs with solar panels.
  • His defensive skills are offsetting his weaker offensive play.

On this page you'll find 65 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to offsetting, such as: aid, amendment, amends, annulling, assistance, atonement, balancing.

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

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baffling

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balancing

  • acclimation
  • acclimatization
  • accommodating
  • adjusting
  • aid
  • allegory
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  • amendment
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  • analogizing
  • analogy
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  • collating
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  • comparability
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  • connection
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  • dallying
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  • faltering
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  • halting
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  • scrupling
  • scrutiny
  • segregation
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  • somersaults
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  • view
  • wabbling
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  • waiting
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balking

  • afraid
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  • arresting
  • averse
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  • negating
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  • trammeling
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  • uneager
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  • uptight
  • warding off
  • withstanding

negativing

  • abjuring
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  • banning
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  • blacklisting
  • blowing off
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  • neutering
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  • rebuffing
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  • redeeming
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  • reneging
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  • spurning
  • sticking
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  • traversing
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  • unsaying
  • vetoing
  • withdrawing
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neutralizing

  • abrogating
  • acrid
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  • against
  • alkalescent
  • alkali
  • annihilating
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  • antacid
  • antagonistic
  • anti
  • arms limitation
  • arms reduction
  • assassinating
  • baffling
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  • caulking
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  • covering
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  • cynical
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  • defending
  • demilitarization
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  • disablement
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  • dissentient
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  • doing away with
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  • felling
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  • freeze
  • frustrating
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  • gainsaying
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  • naysaying
  • negating
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  • nullifying
  • occupation
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  • pacification
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  • unaffirmative
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  • weak
  • whacking
  • wiping out
  • zapping

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