Antonyms for off
ɔf, ɒfoff

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1. offadverb

   Antonyms:
   on, in, onPreposition

   Synonyms:
   out, away

2. offadverb

   In a direction away from the speaker or object.

   All the lights are off.

   Antonyms:
   in, on

   Synonyms:
   away, out

3. offadjective

   Out of the possession of.

   Can you off the light?

   Antonyms:
   on, fresh, in, onPreposition

   Synonyms:
   away, out

4. offadjective

   Away from or not on.

   He's off the computer, but he's still on the phone.; Keep off the grass.

   Antonyms:
   onPreposition

5. offadjective

   Disconnected or subtracted from.

   We've been off the grid for three days now.; He took 20% off the list price.

   Antonyms:
   onPreposition

6. offadjective

   Distant from.

   We're just off the main road.; The island is 23 miles off the cape.

   Antonyms:
   onPreposition

7. offadjective

   No longer wanting or taking.

   He's been off his feed since Tuesday.; He's off his meds again.

   Antonyms:
   onPreposition

8. offadjective

   Antonyms:
   leg, on

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1. offadjective

   not in operation or operational

   "the oven is off"; "the lights are off"

   Antonyms:
   connected, active, on, unsoured, satisfactory

   Synonyms:
   turned, sour, cancelled

2. offadjective

   below a satisfactory level

   "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off"

   Antonyms:
   on, unsoured, active, satisfactory, connected

   Synonyms:
   turned, sour, cancelled

3. off, cancelledadjective

   (of events) no longer planned or scheduled

   "the wedding is definitely off"

   Antonyms:
   unsoured, on, satisfactory, active, connected

   Synonyms:
   turned, sour, cancelled

4. off, sour, turnedadjective

   in an unpalatable state

   "sour milk"

   Antonyms:
   satisfactory, active, on, connected, unsoured

   Synonyms:
   cancelled, off-key, sullen, rancid, glowering, morose, dour, dark, false, moody, sour, turned, saturnine, glum

5. offverb

   not performing or scheduled for duties

   "He's off every Tuesday"

   Antonyms:
   on, active, connected, unsoured, satisfactory

   Synonyms:
   turned, sour, cancelled

6. murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, removeadverb

   kill intentionally and with premeditation

   "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

   Antonyms:
   unsoured, satisfactory, on, connected, active

   Synonyms:
   shoot, dispatch, despatch, complete, wrap up, hit, arrive at, transfer, attain, send off, finish up, reach, eat up, take out, move out, get rid of, strike, score, finish, make, polish off, collide with, gain, mangle, withdraw, tally, finish off, absent, run into, stumble, slay, impinge on, clear up, murder, rack up, mutilate, mop up, discharge, come to, take away, take, pip, get through, bump off, remove

7. away, off, forthadverb

   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"

   Antonyms:
   on, connected, active, unsoured, satisfactory

   Synonyms:
   forward, forth, out, aside, onward, away, by

8. off, awayadverb

   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"

   Antonyms:
   on, unsoured, active, satisfactory, connected

   Synonyms:
   out, forth, by, aside, away

9. offadverb

   no longer on or in contact or attached

   "clean off the dirt"; "he shaved off his mustache"

   Antonyms:
   on, active, connected, satisfactory, unsoured

   Synonyms:
   forth, away

How to use off in a sentence?

1. Niagara Falls:

   The closing of the border is really like cutting off a neighborhood, so many people here have a favorite restaurant or store there, so many folks in Niagara Falls, Ontario, vice versa. So, it's more than just a tourism piece, it really is a pretty significant piece of the local economy.

2. Peter Tuz:

   The market's selling off, though not drastically, mostly on renewed fears of a trade war, maybe people are just getting used to the rhetoric and stepping off of it a little bit.

3. William Jackson:

   But generally there is more of a positive sentiment, and perhaps a recognition that some of the sell-off we have seen over the last few weeks was overdone.

4. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Stock market will fall today as some retail investors had come last week so that their money can be siphoned off by operators

5. Daniel Kline:

   We just warmed up some kids in the back of some ambulances, we didn’t transport anybody and we handed them off to their parents, it was a very fortunate outcome.

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