Synonyms for offset
ˈɔfˌsɛt, ˈɒf-; ˌɔfˈsɛt, ˌɒf-off·set

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1. beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offsetnoun

   the time at which something is supposed to begin

   "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"

   Synonyms:
   starting, get-go, low gear, starting line, number one, first gear, showtime, runner, rootage, send-off, setoff, scratch line, commencement ceremony, first, graduation, low, root, kickoff, outgrowth, stolon, source, commencement exercise, start-off, counterbalance, scratch, startle, head start, start, branch, origin, first-class honours degree, number 1, first base, outset, jump, offset printing, starting time, starting signal, graduation exercise, beginning, offshoot, commencement, set-back

2. counterbalance, offsetnoun

   a compensating equivalent

   Synonyms:
   outset, runner, counterweight, first, stolon, counterpoise, setoff, starting time, equaliser, offshoot, commencement, balance, equalizer, start, offset printing, get-go, kickoff, counterbalance, outgrowth, set-back, equilibrium, equipoise, showtime, branch, beginning

3. stolon, runner, offsetnoun

   a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

   Synonyms:
   contrabandist, outset, runner, counterbalance, first, stolon, ball carrier, starting time, moon-curser, smuggler, offshoot, setoff, commencement, start, offset printing, get-go, base runner, outgrowth, set-back, showtime, kickoff, branch, blue runner, moon curser, beginning

4. outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offsetnoun

   a natural consequence of development

   Synonyms:
   outset, ramification, process, runner, emergence, first, stolon, setoff, growth, arm, offshoot, subdivision, commencement, start, offset printing, leg, get-go, kickoff, counterbalance, outgrowth, set-back, showtime, limb, starting time, branch, appendage, beginning

5. offset, offset printingnoun

   a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper

   Synonyms:
   outset, runner, counterbalance, first, stolon, setoff, starting time, offshoot, commencement, start, get-go, kickoff, outgrowth, set-back, showtime, offset printing, branch, beginning

6. set-back, setoff, offsetverb

   structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly

   Synonyms:
   outset, runner, counterbalance, first, stolon, showtime, setoff, starting time, offshoot, set-back, start, offset printing, get-go, kickoff, outgrowth, commencement, branch, beginning

7. offset, countervailverb

   compensate for or counterbalance

   "offset deposits and withdrawals"

   Synonyms:
   neutralize, countervail, set off, counterbalance, counteract, cancel

8. cancel, offset, set offverb

   make up for

   "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"

   Synonyms:
   call off, spark, bring out, set forth, blow up, actuate, strike down, take off, trigger off, spark off, trip, stir up, invalidate, detonate, delete, start, countervail, scratch, touch off, cancel, trigger, set out, depart, scrub, instigate, activate, explode, part, incite, set off, start out

9. offsetverb

   cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface

   Synonyms:
   countervail, set off, cancel

10. offsetverb

    create an offset in

    "offset a wall"

    Synonyms:
    countervail, set off, cancel

11. offsetverb

    produce by offset printing

    "offset the conference proceedings"

    Synonyms:
    countervail, set off, cancel

Matched Categories

1. • Compensation
   • Consequence
   • Make
   • Plant Organ
   • Point In Time
   • Print
   • Transfer

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1. offsetnoun

   Synonyms:
   sprout, shoot, slip, branch, offshoot, twig, scion

2. offsetnoun

   Synonyms:
   counterpoise, counterbalance, set-off, equivalent

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1. offsetnoun

   Synonyms:
   set-off, counterbalance, equivalent

2. offsetverb

   Synonyms:
   counterbalance, counterpoise

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1. List of paraphrases for "offset":

   compensated, compensate, counterbalanced, neutralized, counteract, counterbalance, compensatory, compensation, eccentricity, set-off, outweighed, neutralize, displacement, counteracted, off-set, countered, countervailing, cancelled, offset, counter, clearing, rescinded, scroll, outweigh, matched, mitigated, neutralised, offsets, cleared, mitigate, deviation

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How to use offset in a sentence?

1. Lars Rebien Sorensen:

   List price increases will be very limited and they will be largely offset by rebates to the PBMs and insurance companies.

2. Chairman Greg Clarke:

   The Board has agreed that a sensible cut to the annual budget is 75 million pounds, in a worst-case scenario, this would be necessary for the next four years to offset a 300 million pounds deficit.

3. Boris Johnson:

   Can the cost for Britain of a hard Brexit - because Britain will be the main victim - be offset by the United States of America? No. And even if it were a strategic choice it would be at the cost of a historic vassalisation of Britain.

4. Jim Craig:

   It's like fixing the airplane while you're still flying. You have to be very careful how you fix it so that you stay flying, it's the same thing as we're trying to produce water. All that water demand needs to continue to occur and every time we have to do some maintenance then we have to offset some of that.

5. Jim Corridore:

   Any multinational company in this environment is seeing very little organic revenue growth and revenue growth declines when you account for currency weakness, so you have to find a way to offset that.