Synonyms of carry off

carry off

verb

1

as in to fulfill

to carry through (as a process) to completion

the con artist would never have been able to carry off his schemes if it were not for the greed of his eager victims

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fulfill
• accomplish
• perform
• achieve
• execute
• do
• carry out
• make
• pull off
• implement
• put through
• follow through (with)
• bring off
• prosecute
• go through
• commit
• negotiate
• complete
• bring about
• compass
• perpetrate
• finish
• realize
• engage (in)
• effect
• practice
• work (at)
• effectuate
• attain
• ace
• wind up
• repeat
• nail
• end
• reenact
• reduplicate
• actualize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fail
• slight
• skimp
• slur

2

as in to destroy

to deprive of life

pray that the pestilence does not carry off any more souls than it already has

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroy
• kill
• slay
• dispatch
• fell
• take
• do away with
• do for
• claim
• make away with
• cut down
• take out
• do in
• put away
• murder
• slaughter
• kill off
• blot out
• croak
• bump off
• rub out
• assassinate
• finish
• off
• waste
• butcher
• neutralize
• knock off
• execute
• massacre
• put down
• snuff
• get
• whack
• mow
• ice
• annihilate
• smite
• decimate
• terminate
• suicide
• scrag
• martyr
• euthanize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of carry off

Once he was secured in place, his UConn teammates ran over to the end zone to offer support as Brown was carried off. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026

Crab shells, whole and in pieces, turned up all over the school, to be swept away with the dust and fallen leaves and other litter, placed in a trash bag, and carried off behind the buildings to the incinerator. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Burns was carried off the field by teammates Aaron Stinnie and Andrew Thomas. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 27 Sep. 2026

The Fever also lost guard Ty Harris, who was carried off the court. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026