Synonyms of off

off 1 of 3

adverb

ˈȯf 

as in away

from this or that place

move off a few yards before I throw the football

Synonyms & Similar Words

• away
• down
• out
• fro
• apart
• hence
• aside
• elsewhere
• abroad
• afield
• astray
• afar

off

2 of 3

adjective

1

as in wrong

falling short of a standard

the milk tasted off

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wrong
• unacceptable
• poor
• lame
• bad
• deficient
• from hunger
• wanting
• bastard
• terrible
• horrible
• disastrous
• awful
• sour
• ill
• pathetic
• bush
• flawed
• inferior
• wack
• brutal
• lacking
• crummy
• wretched
• unsatisfactory
• substandard
• dreadful
• short
• lousy
• suboptimal
• below par
• paltry
• punk
• subpar
• rotten
• inadequate
• defective
• insufficient
• bum
• useless
• dissatisfactory
• lesser
• gross
• miserable
• worthless
• bush-league
• common
• horrendous
• stinky
• abysmal
• damnable
• gnarly
• faulty
• atrocious
• unspeakable
• detestable
• mediocre
• meager
• crappy
• shoddy
• spare
• egregious
• vile
• deplorable
• sucky
• coarse
• trashy
• low-grade
• flagrant
• cheesy
• skimpy
• execrable
• low-rent
• valueless
• bitchin'
• odious
• stingy
• second-rate
• abominable
• sleazy
• miserly
• fake
• shabby
• rubbishy
• reprehensible
• mean
• villainous
• junky
• scanty
• scurrilous
• phony
• counterfeit
• skimp
• cut-rate
• sham
• miscreant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adequate
• all right
• fine
• acceptable
• standard
• top
• decent
• satisfactory
• OK
• great
• respectable
• better
• tolerable
• perfect
• excellent
• passable
• classical
• prime
• sufficient
• special
• classic
• superior
• banner
• splendid
• grand
• divine
• wonderful
• keen
• terrific
• superb
• mean
• choice
• neat
• fancy
• swell
• sterling
• slick
• boss
• par excellence
• first-class
• stellar
• average
• heavenly
• fabulous
• capital
• premium
• noble
• sensational
• dandy
• marvelous
• minimal
• exceptional
• superlative
• unsurpassed
• A1
• nifty
• fair
• suitable
• worthy
• high-grade
• useful
• middling
• mediocre
• borderline
• first-rate
• groovy
• top-notch
• tip-top
• high-test
• crackerjack
• bang-up
• supernal
• jim-dandy
• satisfying
• gratifying
• unexceptional
• so-so

2

as in dormant

not being in a state of use, activity, or employment

the computer is off, so you'll have to turn it on in order to use it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dormant
• idle
• unused
• dead
• vacant
• out of commission
• free
• inactive
• at rest
• fallow
• on the shelf
• latent
• inert
• inoperative
• suspended
• asleep
• useless
• arrested
• interrupted
• slow
• unoccupied
• unusable
• lifeless
• comatose
• quiescent
• sleepy
• moribund
• unworkable
• inoperable
• abeyant
• dull

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• on
• operating
• active
• working
• busy
• going
• functioning
• alive
• operative
• employed
• operational
• living
• functional
• running
• workable
• operable
• industrious
• practical
• useful
• vigorous
• feasible
• energetic
• viable
• usable
• assiduous
• sedulous

3

as in erroneous

not being in agreement with what is true

that claim that everyone is actually related to everyone else seems a bit off

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erroneous
• wrong
• inaccurate
• incorrect
• false
• off base
• misleading
• untrue
• invalid
• distorted
• inexact
• untruthful
• unsound
• lying
• awry
• fictitious
• deceptive
• fraudulent
• spurious
• specious
• counterfactual
• illusory
• amiss
• askew
• invented
• fallacious
• delusive
• unproven
• dishonest
• untested
• mendacious
• deceitful
• unconfirmed
• delusory
• fabricated
• made-up
• trumped-up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• right
• proper
• correct
• true
• valid
• sound
• accurate
• exact
• precise
• factual
• demonstrated
• confirmed
• established
• tested
• perfect
• errorless
• veracious
• proven
• impeccable
• flawless
• faultless
• letter-perfect

4

as in small

small in degree

on the off chance that you do get straight A's, you can skip a grade

Synonyms & Similar Words

• small
• outside
• slim
• slight
• remote
• negligible
• minimal
• fragile
• marginal
• tiny
• minor
• little
• frail

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• good
• large
• great
• significant
• distinct
• considerable
• substantial
• sizable
• healthy
• respectable
• goodly
• tidy
• largish

5

as in spicy

hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent

a telltale smirk suggested that there was something off about his parting shot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spicy
• suggestive
• blue
• naughty
• racy
• vulgar
• salty
• bawdy
• ribald
• lewd
• nasty
• warm
• risqué
• coarse
• gamy
• crude
• off-color
• dirty
• obscene
• foul
• pornographic
• filthy
• gross
• earthy
• barnyard
• stag
• leering
• locker-room
• indecent
• gutter
• raunchy
• immodest
• coarse-grained
• smutty
• lascivious
• prurient
• unpublishable
• unprintable
• indelicate
• indecorous
• X-rated
• porny

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clean
• decent
• innocuous
• proper
• nonobscene
• correct
• inoffensive
• staid
• Victorian
• puritanical
• prudish
• prim
• nice
• priggish
• respectable
• G-rated
• polite
• genteel
• seemly
• decorous
• straitlaced

off

3 of 3

verb

slang

as in to assassinate

to put to death deliberately

the hit man was rumored to have offed at least three people in the last year alone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assassinate
• murder
• slay
• get
• execute
• kill
• whack
• put away
• take out
• ice
• terminate
• dispatch
• snuff
• do away with
• liquidate
• neutralize
• destroy
• shoot
• bump off
• slaughter
• knock off
• rub out
• fell
• do in
• blow away
• cut down
• croak
• carry off
• shoot down
• blot out
• eliminate
• smite
• claim
• butcher
• eradicate
• wipe out
• zap
• mow (down)
• massacre
• exterminate
• annihilate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restore
• raise
• revive
• animate
• resurrect
• resuscitate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of off

Adverb

The brand’s most popular design is the Cooling Green Tea Mattress and is 38% off. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026

No matter when class starts, California requires an 180-day school year — the days off, however, have changed. — Leslie Griffy, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026

Adjective

Before dawn on November 13, 2022, four students at the University of Idaho—Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle—were brutally murdered in an off-campus home. — Forbestv, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Two hikers are facing charges after their off-leash dog repeatedly ran toward and barked at a grizzly bear during an encounter in Banff National Park. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026

Verb

The masked murderer attempted to kill Sidney (Neve Campbell) in a bathroom in the original 1996 Scream, and succeeded in offing Phil (Omar Epps) in a movie theater bathroom stall in the 1997 sequel. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026

Keen observers, Anglophiles, and anyone who watches movies made before 1972 will notice more than a casual similarity to Kind Hearts and Coronets, the old Ealing comedy in which an enterprising young Dennis Price attempts to off his relatives in order to claim the family fortune. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026