offseason

noun

off·​sea·​son ˈȯf-ˌsē-zᵊn 

variants or less commonly off-season

plural offseasons also off-seasons

: a time of suspended or reduced activity

It's cheaper to visit the area during the offseason.

off-season travel

especially : the time during which an athlete is not training or competing

During the offseason, he put on another eight pounds of muscle and when he got to spring training, his Red Sox uniform was too tight.

—Mel Antonen

After undergoing arthroscopic surgery in the off-season, Hardaway says he's ready to put last year's disappointment behind him.

—Marty Burns

an offseason football trade

off-season training

off-season adverb

or less commonly offseason

traveling off-season

Examples of offseason in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Lewan, 34, asked the Kansas City Chiefs tight end on Tuesday, June 23 at the annual offseason training summit for Tight End University at Vanderbilt University's FirstBank Stadium. —Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026

Atlanta has been mentioned in multiple reports as a team looking for upgrades in the offseason. —Tony East, Forbes.com, 24 June 2026

Other All-Stars might have expressed frustration about losing much of a championship core in a single offseason. —Jay King, New York Times, 23 June 2026

This one feels like a no-brainer; then again, Horn was a Pro Bowler in 2024 and didn’t earn Top 100 status the ensuing offseason. —Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2026

But faced with the possibility of losing Antetokounmpo for nothing in free agency during the 2027 offseason, the Bucks chose to trade Antetokounmpo this offseason. —Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for offseason

• milesian
• partizan
• postseason
• preseason
• unreason
• reason
• season
• seizin
• treason

Kids Definition

off-season

noun

ˈȯf-ˌsēz-ᵊn

: a time when some activity is suspended or reduced