What are some opposite words for off-hand?
Antonyms for off-handoff-hand
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off-hand
Antonyms:
premeditated, studied, thought out, elaborateSynonyms:
impromptu, unpremeditated, extempore, unstudied
Princeton's WordNet
ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsedadjective
with little or no preparation or forethought
"his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments"
Synonyms:
unwritten, unrehearsed, ad-lib, off-the-cuff, extemporaneous, extempore, offhand, spontaneous, extemporary, impromptu, offhandedoffhand, offhandedadverb
casually thoughtless or inconsiderate
"an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt"
Synonyms:
unrehearsed, ad-lib, off-the-cuff, extemporaneous, extempore, offhand, extemporary, impromptu, offhandedoff-hand, ex temporeadverb
without preparation
"I don't know the figures off-hand"
Synonyms:
ex temporeoffhand, offhanded, offhandedlyadverb
without previous thought or preparation
"couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly"
Synonyms:
offhandedly, offhand, offhandedoffhand, offhanded, offhandedlyadverb
in a casually inconsiderate manner
"replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"
Synonyms:
offhandedly, offhand, offhanded
How to use off-hand in a sentence?
Well, Ronald Reagan [ Reagan ] had a successful start as governor of California and before that, he was president of the Screen Actors Guild, i ’m trying to think of an example of a politician who tried acting and lasted. Ca n’t off-hand. Maybe they’re all actors ? But no, I never wanted to become a politician.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2447 | prepared | |
#5111 | studied | |
#5469 | careful | |
#13066 | elaborate | |
#72237 | premeditated |
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