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

Fresh off a short offseason, Gilgeous-Alexander has found good health through the first 18 games of the Thunder’s season so far. —Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025

In one of the first major moves of the offseason, the Toronto Blue Jays and Dylan Cease agreed on Wednesday to a seven-year, $210 million deal, league sources told The Athletic. —Keith Law, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2025

The Kansas City Chiefs tight end, in fact, has even vacationed with the couple during the NFL offseason. —Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025

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