off

  • (r) from a particular thing or place or position ("forth" is obsolete)
    • ran away from the lion
    • wanted to get away from there
    • sent the children away to boarding school
    • the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal
    • went off to school
    • they drove off
    • go forth and preach
    away, forth,
  • (a) not in operation or operational
    • the oven is off
    • the lights are off
  • (s) below a satisfactory level
    • an off year for tennis
    • his performance was off
  • (r) at a distance in space or time
    • the boat was 5 miles off (or away)
    • the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)
    • away back in the 18th century
    away,
  • (a) (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
    • the wedding is definitely off
    cancelled,
  • (r) no longer on or in contact or attached
    • clean off the dirt
    • he shaved off his mustache
  • (s) in an unpalatable state
    • sour milk
    turned, sour,
  • (s) not performing or scheduled for duties
    • He's off every Tuesday

Verbs

Synonyms

bump off murder slay polish off dispatch remove hit away forth cancelled turned sour

Antonyms

on

Words of close approximity

Ofo oft
OB o.d. OD OH O.K. OK on OR os OV ox oz.
oaf oak oar OAS oat obi oca Oct odd ode Odo O.E.D. OED Ofo oft Ohm OIG oil OIS oka ola old olm OMB one ONI Ono ooh Ops opt OPV orb ore Orr otc Oto out owe owl own
offal off and on off-and-on off-axis reflector off-base offbeat off-Broadway off-center off-centered off-color off-colour off-day Offenbach offence offenceless offend offended offender offending offense offenseless offensive offensive activity offensively offensiveness offer offerer offering offeror offer price Offertory offer up off guard off-guard offhand off-hand offhanded offhandedly off her guard off his guard office office-bearer office block office boy office building office furniture officeholder Office of Inspector General Office of Intelligence Support Office of Management and Budget Office of Naval Intelligence Office of the Dead officer officer's mess office staff official official document officialdom official emissary officialese official immunity officialise officialize officially officiant officiate officiating officiation officious officiously officiousness offing offish off-key off-licence off-limits off-line off-line equipment off-line operation offload off one's guard offprint off-putting off-roader offsaddle off-season offset offset lithography offset printing offsetting balance offshoot offshore offshore rig offside offsides off-site off-speed pitch offspring offstage off-street