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

Some people began to carry off basic goods such as toilet paper and food from stores in Catia La Mar, adjacent to the country’s main airport. — ABC News, 27 June 2026

One woman who seemingly had both legs wrapped up was carried off a vessel by several officers, the post shows. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 May 2026

He was then carried off the pitch. — Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026

Agyemang was carried off on a stretcher while playing for Derby in the English second-tier, one tier below the Premier League. — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026