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

This cultural debate distracts from systemic policy failures and the high cost of raising children, which makes motherhood an economic battleground.

— Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Mother’s explosion distracts Blaine and frees Sam.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 22 May 2026

Definition of distracts

Verb

Given how Netflix often cancels series after cliffhanger season 1s, this might be best for everyone involved, really.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Local immigrant rights groups are hoping Costa Mesa cancels its contract with Flock, a security hardware company known for its automatic license plate readers.

— Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 14 July 2026

Definition of cancels

Verb

Her peer on the city payroll diverts up to 9% of every paycheck into funds paying today’s retirees — even though those funds’ ability to pay her own retirement is in doubt.

— Stuart Loren, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Where the film diverts from the norm lies in the unique, complicated characters and their weird, tortured even touching relationships.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 July 2026

Definition of diverts

Verb

When Moore finally abandons the pretense and focuses in earnest on his presidential ambitions, the damage to Maryland will be incalculable and likely irreparable.

— Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2026
Watch On After losing their son, Gaku (Kengo Kora), in battle, the Tawara family blends back into modern Japanese life and abandons their nights-and-weekends ninja mayhem.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 10 July 2026

Definition of abandons

Verb

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
But then Belly scraps her Parisian plans and pledges her young life to Jeremiah, a rising super senior at Finch majoring in getting high and going to Cabo (which, quite honestly, is more age-appropriate than a wedding).

— Vogue, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025