CALLS OFF Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

calls off

verb

present tense third-person singular of call off

as in distracts

to draw the attention or mind to something else she was about to tell me the big news when her attention was called off by the arrival of another guest

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as in cancels

to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) called off the party after half of those invited couldn't make it

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Recent Examples of calls off The president calls off plans to send the National Guard to San Francisco. — Christian Orozco, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for calls off

Verb

Often, undercapitalization is a major challenge for new franchisees and distracts from operations.

— Angelo Chavez, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Scientists now are spending an increasing amount of time worrying about keeping the lights on and people employed, which ultimately distracts from time spent doing research.

— Abdullah Shihipar, STAT, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of distracts

Verb

The Journal alleged that such behavior has become a pattern for Fetterman, who often cancels meetings.

— Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
Tennis has always been highly dependent on the weather; unlike in soccer or football, rain cancels or delays a match until the court is dry enough to be playable.

— Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of cancels

Verb

As Washington abandons talks with Iran for an aggressive economic pressure campaign, a cornered Tehran is now threatening military escalation and a wider war to force negotiators back to the table.

— Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
The former just had a kid in Oslo with his younger Norwegian girlfriend (Melina Akerman), who abandons them when Matteo decides to move back to Rome to spend more time with his domineering Italian mother (Angela Finocchiaro).

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of abandons

Verb

Now, so this rule changes that policy and pretty much scraps the requirement for those interviews to take place, which are really kind of integral to the process.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
The current proposal before the board scraps 800 jobs, but community pushback has delayed the decision.

— Natalie La Roche Pietri, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026