take off

The phrase “take off” has 2 syllables: take off

It's pronounced as /teɪk ɒf/


What is synonym and antonym for take off?

In the thesaurus, “take off” has 185 synonyms and 56 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for take off

  • abandon
  • abate
  • abbreviate
  • abridge
  • abscond
  • adjourn
  • ape
  • ascend
  • ascent
  • bail
  • bail out
  • bear
  • beat it
  • become airborne
  • begone
  • blast off
  • blastoff
  • bleed
  • blow
  • book
  • break in
  • bug off
  • bug out
  • bugger off
  • burglarize
  • burgle
  • burlesque
  • caricature
  • cheat
  • chisel
  • clear off
  • clear out
  • clip
  • comedy
  • cozen
  • crop
  • curtail
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • cut out
  • decamp
  • decrease
  • deduct
  • defraud
  • depart
  • desert
  • despoil
  • dig out
  • diminish
  • disappear
  • discount
  • disrobe
  • distortion
  • dock
  • doff
  • douse
  • downsize
  • dwindle
  • emigrate
  • escape
  • evacuate
  • exaggeration
  • exit
  • exploit
  • farce
  • flee
  • fleece
  • fly
  • forsake
  • get
  • get off
  • get out
  • go
  • go away
  • go off
  • go out
  • head
  • hightail
  • hit the road
  • hit the trail
  • hold up
  • humor
  • husk
  • hustle
  • imitate
  • imitation
  • impersonation
  • knock down
  • knock off
  • knock over
  • lampoon
  • launch
  • lessen
  • lift off
  • liftoff
  • light out
  • loot
  • lower
  • make
  • mimic
  • mimicking
  • mizzle
  • mockery
  • move
  • mug
  • mulct
  • pare
  • parody
  • part
  • peel off
  • pillage
  • pluck
  • plunder
  • prune
  • pull out
  • pull stakes
  • pull up stakes
  • push off
  • push on
  • put off
  • put-on
  • quit
  • ransack
  • ravish
  • reduce
  • remove
  • retire
  • retreat
  • retrench
  • rib
  • ridicule
  • rifle
  • rip off
  • rob
  • roll
  • rook
  • run along
  • run away
  • sack
  • satire
  • scarper
  • scat
  • scram
  • send up
  • send-up
  • set out
  • shed
  • shortchange
  • shorten
  • shove off
  • shrug off
  • sketch
  • skin
  • skip
  • slapstick
  • slash
  • soar
  • split
  • spoil
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • squib
  • start
  • step out
  • stick
  • stick up
  • sting
  • strike out
  • strip
  • subtract
  • swindle
  • take a hike
  • take a powder
  • take a walk
  • take to the air
  • travesty
  • trim
  • truncate
  • undress
  • vacate
  • vamoose
  • walk out
  • whittle
  • withdraw

Antonyms for take off

  • abide
  • add
  • adjoin
  • aggrandize
  • amplify
  • annex
  • apparel
  • append
  • approach
  • array
  • arrive
  • attire
  • augment
  • bedeck
  • boost
  • close
  • clothe
  • come
  • come in
  • complement
  • compound
  • continue
  • crash
  • don
  • dress
  • dwell
  • enhance
  • enlarge
  • escalate
  • expand
  • garb
  • heighten
  • hit
  • increase
  • intensify
  • land
  • landing
  • lodge
  • magnify
  • multiply
  • near
  • put on
  • raise
  • reach
  • remain
  • rig
  • robe
  • settle
  • show up
  • splashdown
  • stay
  • suit
  • supplement
  • tarry
  • turn up
  • wear

Meanings of take off

  • verb
    1. To remove.
    2. To imitate, often in a satirical manner.
    3. (of an aircraft or spacecraft) To leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air.
    4. To become successful, to flourish.
    5. To depart.
    6. To quantify.
    7. To absent oneself from work or other responsibility, especially with permission.
    8. To take drugs; to inject drugs.
    9. To steal (something) or rob (someone).
    10. To swallow.
  • noun
    1. The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight.
    2. A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
    3. A quantification, especially of building materials.
    4. The removal of sheets from the press.
    5. The spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.

Example Sentences

  • The plane is scheduled to take off at 8:00 AM.
  • Sarah forgot to take off her shoes before entering the house.
  • The movie star's career really started to take off after her breakout role.
  • Please remember to take off your hat when you enter the church.
  • The entrepreneur's new business idea is expected to take off in the next few months.

On this page you'll find 241 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to take off, such as: abandon, abate, abbreviate, abide, abridge, abscond, add.

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Related Words

abate

  • abbreviate
  • abolish
  • abort
  • abridge
  • abrogate
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • avoid
  • ban
  • bankrupt
  • bereave
  • break down
  • call
  • call off
  • cancel
  • cheat
  • clip
  • collapse
  • compress
  • condense
  • constrict
  • contract
  • cool
  • countermand
  • crop
  • curtail
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • de-escalate
  • decline
  • decrease
  • deduct
  • deflate
  • defraud
  • dent
  • denude
  • deplete
  • deprive
  • diminish
  • disallow
  • disannul
  • discount
  • disfurnish
  • dismiss
  • dissolve
  • divest
  • do away with
  • dock
  • downscale
  • downsize
  • drop
  • dull
  • dwindle
  • ease
  • ebb
  • eliminate
  • enjoin
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • evaporate
  • fall
  • fall away
  • flag
  • forbid
  • give out
  • impoverish
  • invalidate
  • knock down
  • knock off
  • lessen
  • let up
  • liquidate
  • lower
  • minimize
  • moderate
  • modify
  • modulate
  • negate
  • nick
  • null
  • nullify
  • outlaw
  • override
  • overrule
  • overturn
  • pall
  • pare
  • phase down
  • prohibit
  • prune
  • qualify
  • quash
  • quell
  • recall
  • recede
  • reduce
  • reject
  • relax
  • relent
  • remediate
  • remit
  • remove
  • repeal
  • rescind
  • retract
  • retrench
  • reverse
  • revoke
  • roll back
  • set aside
  • shortchange
  • shorten
  • shrink
  • sink
  • slacken
  • slash
  • slow
  • strike down
  • strip
  • subdue
  • subside
  • subtract
  • suspend
  • take off
  • taper
  • taper off
  • throw out
  • trim
  • truncate
  • vacate
  • vanish
  • veto
  • void
  • wane
  • weaken
  • whittle
  • withdraw
  • write off

lam

  • abscond
  • avoid
  • bail out
  • blow
  • bolt
  • break
  • break free
  • break out
  • breakout
  • bring off
  • bunk
  • burst out
  • circumvent
  • clear out
  • close call
  • close shave
  • cut and run
  • cut loose
  • decamp
  • deliverance
  • depart
  • desert
  • disappear
  • disentangle
  • dodge
  • double
  • duck
  • duck out
  • elope
  • elude
  • emancipate
  • emerge
  • enfranchise
  • escape
  • evade
  • exit
  • extricate
  • flee
  • flight
  • fly
  • fly the coop
  • free
  • get away
  • get away with
  • get off
  • get out
  • getaway
  • give someone the slip
  • go
  • go scot-free
  • jailbreak
  • leave
  • liberate
  • liberation
  • loose
  • loosen
  • lose
  • make a getaway
  • make getaway
  • make off
  • make oneself scarce
  • manumit
  • move
  • near miss
  • pass
  • play hooky
  • pull out
  • quit
  • redeem
  • redemption
  • release
  • rescue
  • rout
  • run
  • run away
  • run off
  • run out on
  • salvation
  • shun
  • skip
  • slip
  • slip away
  • spring
  • steal away
  • take a powder
  • take flight
  • take it on the lam
  • take off
  • take on the lam
  • unbind
  • uncage
  • unchain
  • unfetter
  • vanish
  • walk out
  • work out of
  • wriggle out

lampoon

  • act
  • amplify
  • ape
  • burlesque
  • caricature
  • cartoon
  • comedy
  • copycat
  • counterfeit
  • deride
  • derision
  • dissemble
  • do
  • duplicate
  • elaborate
  • embellish
  • embroider
  • emulate
  • enhance
  • exaggerate
  • expand
  • fake
  • farce
  • feign
  • gibe
  • imitate
  • impersonate
  • invective
  • jape
  • jibe
  • magnify
  • mime
  • mimic
  • mock
  • mockery
  • monkey
  • overdraw
  • overstate
  • pad
  • pantomime
  • parody
  • parrot
  • pasquil
  • pasquinade
  • pastiche
  • perform
  • personate
  • play
  • play up
  • pretend
  • put on
  • rail
  • replicate
  • reproduce
  • ridicule
  • roast
  • satire
  • satirize
  • send up
  • send-up
  • sham
  • simulate
  • sketch
  • skit
  • slapstick
  • spoof
  • squib
  • stretch
  • take off
  • takedown
  • takeoff
  • travesty

take

  • OK
  • abduct
  • abide
  • absorb
  • abstract
  • accept
  • accommodate
  • account
  • accredit
  • accroach
  • acquiesce
  • acquire
  • act
  • adaptation
  • address
  • admit
  • adopt
  • affect
  • allotment
  • allow
  • allowance
  • allure
  • annex
  • annihilate
  • answer
  • appoint
  • apprehend
  • appropriate
  • appropriation
  • arrest
  • arrogate
  • ask
  • assassinate
  • assume
  • attain
  • attend
  • attract
  • back
  • backlash
  • bag
  • bamboozle
  • be aware of
  • be efficacious
  • be seized
  • bear
  • bear with
  • beat
  • become popular
  • beg
  • behave
  • believe
  • best
  • better
  • bewitch
  • bid
  • bide
  • bilk
  • blot out
  • blow away
  • blow out
  • bomb
  • book
  • booty
  • borrow
  • bounty
  • brave
  • break
  • bring
  • bring off
  • brook
  • buck
  • bump off
  • bury
  • butcher
  • buy
  • call for
  • cap
  • capitulate
  • capture
  • carry
  • carry off
  • carry out
  • cart
  • carve out
  • catch
  • catching
  • challenge
  • charm
  • charter
  • cherry-pick
  • choose
  • claim
  • clasp
  • clench
  • clobber
  • clutch
  • collar
  • collect
  • collection
  • come down with
  • come to grips with
  • command
  • commandeer
  • commission
  • compass
  • comprehend
  • con
  • conclude
  • conduct
  • confirm
  • confiscate
  • conquer
  • consider
  • contain
  • contract
  • control
  • convey
  • convoy
  • cop
  • countenance
  • counterreaction
  • counterresponse
  • cozen
  • crave
  • cream
  • credit
  • croak
  • crush
  • cull
  • cut
  • cut down
  • deal with
  • decide on
  • decimate
  • deduce
  • deduct
  • deem
  • defeat
  • defraud
  • delight
  • delight in
  • demand
  • derive
  • designate
  • destroy
  • devour
  • direct
  • discount
  • dispatch
  • do
  • do away with
  • do down
  • do for
  • do in
  • do the trick
  • down
  • draw
  • draw back
  • drink
  • drive
  • drub
  • dupe
  • earn
  • earnings
  • eat
  • eclipse
  • effect
  • elect
  • eliminate
  • embrace
  • enclose
  • encompass
  • end
  • endure
  • enfold
  • engage
  • engineer
  • enjoin
  • enjoy
  • ensnare
  • entail
  • enter
  • enter upon
  • entertain
  • entrap
  • escort
  • espouse
  • euthanatize
  • euthanize
  • exact
  • exceed
  • excel
  • execute
  • exercise
  • exert
  • expect
  • experience
  • expropriate
  • fail
  • fascinate
  • feed
  • feed on
  • feel
  • fell
  • fellowship
  • ferry
  • fetch
  • fiddle
  • field
  • filch
  • finance
  • finesse
  • finish
  • fit
  • fix
  • flatten
  • flimflam
  • flourish
  • follow
  • function
  • gain
  • gain possession
  • garner
  • gate
  • gather
  • gather up
  • get
  • get around
  • get hold of
  • get off
  • get the better of
  • give access
  • go
  • go through
  • go with
  • grab
  • grasp
  • grin and bear it
  • grip
  • gross
  • guide
  • gull
  • gun
  • hack
  • handle
  • handpick
  • hang in
  • hang on
  • hang on to
  • hang tough
  • harbor
  • haul
  • haul in
  • have
  • have a grip on
  • have effect
  • heel
  • hire
  • hold
  • holding
  • hoodwink
  • house
  • ice
  • imagine
  • imbibe
  • inclose
  • include
  • income
  • infer
  • influence
  • ingest
  • inhale
  • insist
  • interpret as
  • interpretation
  • involve
  • jag
  • jockey
  • journey
  • kickback
  • kill
  • kill off
  • knock for a loop
  • knock off
  • knock over
  • know
  • lack
  • languish
  • lay hold of
  • lead
  • lease
  • let in
  • liberate
  • lick
  • lift
  • like
  • live with
  • look upon
  • loot
  • lot
  • lug
  • luxuriate in
  • magnetize
  • make
  • make away with
  • manage
  • maneuver
  • manipulate
  • mark
  • martyr
  • massacre
  • master
  • meal
  • meet
  • member
  • micromanage
  • misappropriate
  • move
  • mow
  • murder
  • nab
  • nail
  • name
  • necessitate
  • need
  • negotiate
  • net
  • neutralize
  • nip
  • nominate
  • nose out
  • observe
  • obtain
  • off
  • offer
  • okay
  • operate
  • opt for
  • optate
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outfight
  • outshine
  • outstrip
  • overbear
  • overcome
  • overmatch
  • overpower
  • overtake
  • overthrow
  • overtop
  • overwhelm
  • pack
  • pan out
  • part
  • partake of
  • partition
  • pay for
  • payoff
  • perceive
  • percentage
  • perform
  • permit
  • pick
  • pick up
  • piece
  • piece of the action
  • piggyback
  • pilot
  • pinch
  • pip
  • play
  • please
  • pluck
  • plunder
  • pocket
  • portion
  • practice
  • preempt
  • prefer
  • prehend
  • preselect
  • press
  • presume
  • prevail
  • proceeds
  • procure
  • profit
  • proportion
  • pull
  • pull a fast one
  • pull in
  • purchase
  • purloin
  • put away
  • put down
  • put in practice
  • put up with
  • quest
  • quota
  • ratify
  • ration
  • reach
  • react
  • reaction
  • reap
  • rebound
  • rebuy
  • receipts
  • receive
  • reckon
  • recoil
  • redound
  • reflex
  • regard
  • regulate
  • relish
  • remove
  • rent
  • reply
  • repurchase
  • require
  • respect
  • respond
  • response
  • result
  • return
  • returns
  • revenue
  • revulsion
  • ride
  • ride out
  • riff
  • rip off
  • rise
  • rout
  • rub out
  • run
  • run off with
  • salvage
  • sanction
  • schlepp
  • score
  • scrag
  • seat
  • section
  • secure
  • see
  • see as
  • segment
  • seize
  • select
  • sense
  • sequester
  • serve
  • set
  • set store by
  • set store on
  • share
  • shellac
  • shoulder
  • sicken with
  • single out
  • sink
  • skin
  • skunk
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • slice
  • smite
  • smoke
  • snag
  • snare
  • snatch
  • snitch
  • snow under
  • snuff
  • spoils
  • stand
  • stand for
  • steer
  • stick it out
  • stick out
  • stipulate
  • stomach
  • stop
  • strike
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • submit to
  • succeed
  • suffer
  • suicide
  • support
  • suppose
  • surmount
  • surpass
  • suspect
  • sustain
  • swag
  • swallow
  • sway
  • sweat out
  • sweep
  • swindle
  • swing
  • swipe
  • tab
  • tag
  • take away
  • take effect
  • take for a ride
  • take hold
  • take hold of
  • take in
  • take it
  • take it lying down
  • take it on the chin
  • take off
  • take out
  • take sick with
  • takings
  • tap
  • terminate
  • think
  • think of as
  • thrash
  • tolerate
  • top
  • tote
  • tough it out
  • tour
  • transcend
  • translation
  • treat
  • trek
  • trick
  • trim
  • triumph
  • trounce
  • truck
  • trust
  • undergo
  • understand
  • undertake
  • unseat
  • upend
  • upset
  • usher
  • utilize
  • vanquish
  • variation
  • version
  • wallop
  • want
  • warrant
  • waste
  • wax
  • weaken
  • wear
  • weather
  • welcome
  • whack
  • whip
  • wile
  • wilt
  • win
  • win favor
  • winnings
  • wither
  • withstand
  • work
  • worsen
  • worst
  • yield

take a hike

  • abandon
  • abjure
  • abscond
  • absent oneself
  • adjourn
  • advance
  • alight
  • apostatize
  • approach
  • avoid
  • back out
  • bail
  • bail out
  • be off
  • beach
  • beat a hasty retreat
  • beat it
  • begone
  • betray
  • bid farewell
  • blow
  • bolt
  • book
  • bow out
  • break
  • break away
  • break off
  • break out
  • break up
  • bug off
  • bug out
  • bugger off
  • buzz off
  • check out
  • chuck
  • clear off
  • clear out
  • come away
  • cop out
  • crawl out
  • cruise
  • cut and run
  • cut out
  • decamp
  • dedomicile
  • defect
  • depart
  • desert
  • detach
  • dig out
  • disappear
  • disengage
  • ditch
  • do vanishing act
  • dodge
  • draw away
  • draw back
  • drop out
  • duck
  • ease out
  • egress
  • eliminate
  • elope
  • elude
  • embark
  • emigrate
  • escape
  • evacuate
  • evade
  • exfiltrate
  • exit
  • extract
  • extricate oneself
  • fall back
  • fare
  • flake off
  • flee
  • flit
  • fly
  • fly the coop
  • forsake
  • free oneself
  • get
  • get away
  • get going
  • get lost
  • get off
  • get out
  • get the hell out
  • git
  • give ground
  • give the slip
  • give up
  • give way
  • go
  • go AWOL
  • go away
  • go back on
  • go forth
  • go off
  • go out
  • go over the hill
  • go separate ways
  • go west
  • head
  • head out
  • hie
  • hightail
  • hit the road
  • hotfoot
  • issue
  • jilt
  • journey
  • jump
  • keep aloof
  • keep apart
  • kite
  • lam
  • leave
  • leave flat
  • leave high and dry
  • leave in the lurch
  • leave stranded
  • light
  • light out
  • make
  • make a break for it
  • make a getaway
  • make for
  • make off
  • make oneself scarce
  • make quick exit
  • make tracks
  • march
  • maroon
  • migrate
  • mizzle
  • mosey
  • move
  • move off
  • move on
  • move out
  • near
  • opt out
  • part
  • part company
  • pass
  • peel off
  • phase out
  • play truant
  • proceed
  • progress
  • pull back
  • pull out
  • pull stakes
  • pull up stakes
  • push ahead
  • push off
  • push on
  • quail
  • quit
  • quit the scene
  • recede
  • recoil
  • relinquish
  • remove
  • remove oneself
  • renounce
  • repair
  • resign
  • retire
  • retreat
  • ride off
  • run along
  • run away
  • run out on
  • sally
  • say goodbye
  • scamper
  • scarper
  • scat
  • scoot
  • scram
  • secede
  • seclude oneself
  • separate
  • set off
  • set out
  • ship out
  • shirk
  • shove off
  • shrink
  • shun
  • skedaddle
  • skip
  • skip out
  • slip
  • slip away
  • slip out
  • sneak off
  • split
  • split up
  • start
  • step down
  • step on it
  • step on the gas
  • step out
  • strand
  • strike out
  • switch
  • take a powder
  • take away
  • take flight
  • take leave
  • take off
  • take out
  • tergiversate
  • throw over
  • travel
  • vacate
  • vamoose
  • vanish
  • violate oath
  • walk
  • walk out
  • walk out on
  • wend
  • withdraw

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