Antonyms for put offput off

Matched Categories

1. • Avoid
   • Discourage
   • Embarrass
   • Repel

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put offverb

   hold back to a later time

   "let's postpone the exam"

   Synonyms:
   put back, put over, elude, circumvent, set back, turn off, confuse, sidestep, dishearten, remand, give in, remit, parry, dodge, bow, send back, tabulate, accede, flurry, prorogue, hedge, evade, defer, tabularise, table, tabularize, carry over, postpone, duck, slacken, shelve, hold over, disconcert, knock back, get across, fudge, submit, skirt

2. turn off, put offverb

   cause to feel intense dislike or distaste

   Synonyms:
   defer, dishearten, fudge, put over, dodge, switch off, hold over, remit, confuse, turn off, circumvent, hedge, sidestep, cut, flurry, skirt, table, disconcert, elude, turn out, prorogue, evade, shelve, parry, duck, set back, postpone

3. dishearten, put offverb

   take away the enthusiasm of

   Synonyms:
   defer, dishearten, fudge, put over, dodge, hold over, remit, confuse, turn off, circumvent, hedge, sidestep, flurry, skirt, table, disconcert, elude, prorogue, evade, shelve, parry, duck, set back, postpone

4. confuse, flurry, disconcert, put offverb

   cause to feel embarrassment

   "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

   Synonyms:
   fuddle, put over, confound, befuddle, set back, fox, turn off, confuse, sidestep, blur, jumble, dishearten, circumvent, discomfit, mix up, defer, parry, dodge, remit, elude, duck, skirt, obscure, flurry, prorogue, hedge, throw, evade, discompose, table, upset, postpone, shelve, untune, hold over, disconcert, discombobulate, fudge, bedevil, obnubilate

5. hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestepverb

   avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

   "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"

   Synonyms:
   put over, circumvent, set back, dip, turn off, confuse, sidestep, cook, douse, overreach, beat, surround, dishearten, hold over, hem in, environ, defer, outfox, deflect, parry, dodge, remit, fake, duck, border, flurry, prorogue, block, outsmart, hedge, manipulate, evade, falsify, table, misrepresent, postpone, hedge in, shelve, beleaguer, elude, disconcert, ring, wangle, escape, fudge, outwit, besiege, bilk, skirt

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. put off

   Synonyms:
   discard, doff, delay, defer, postpone, procrastinate

How to use put off in a sentence?

1. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   I had hoped to turn to her next week, but, if we cannot finish the trafficking bill, she will be put off again.

2. Lord Chesterfield:

   Know the true value of time snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness no laziness no procrastination never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

3. David Joseph Schwartz:

   To fight fear, act. To increase fear--wait, put off postpone.

4. Anthony Wells:

   There's a chance that there are people who are almost subconsciously put off (voting for Khan) by the dog-whistle racism ... people who wouldn't like to say 'I'm not going to vote for Sadiq Khan', but will have a wobble at the ballot box.

5. Pamela Anderson/Instagram:

   Life is a journey and love is a process, with that universal truth in mind, we have mutually decided to put off the formalization of our marriage certificate and put our faith in the process.

How to pronounce put off?

How to say put off in sign language?