Synonyms of heading off

heading off

verb

present participle of head off

as in preventing

to keep from happening by taking action in advance

if we act quickly, we may still be able to head off disaster

Synonyms & Similar Words

• preventing
• averting
• staving off
• precluding
• avoiding
• obviating
• helping
• forestalling
• interfering (with)
• providing
• escaping
• warding (off)
• fending (off)
• anticipating
• compensating (for)
• making up (for)
• saving
• shaking
• neutralizing
• nullifying
• evading
• deterring
• impeding
• thwarting
• hindering
• hampering
• retarding
• deflecting
• prohibiting
• frustrating
• blocking
• negating
• eluding
• forbidding
• stalling
• offsetting
• baffling
• shunning
• stopping
• eschewing
• balking
• foiling
• counteracting
• checking
• inhibiting
• ducking
• circumventing
• counterbalancing
• dodging
• barring
• checkmating
• shirking
• arresting
• halting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assisting
• aiding
• abetting
• facilitating
• smoothing
• easing
• promoting
• leaving
• advancing
• forwarding
• encouraging
• fostering
• permitting
• furthering
• letting
• allowing
• cultivating
• nurturing
• unclogging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of heading off

Both of the Kelce brothers went to Cincinnati before heading off to their respective NFL careers. —Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 2 Apr. 2026

Happy families and college students heading off on spring break vacations are being helped every day by 61,000 unpaid TSA workers. —Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026

He’s successfully advocated for creating new incentives for affordable housing construction and automatically renewing a program that freezes property values for some seniors, heading off big bill spikes from rising property values. —A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026

Quarterback Wyatt Brown, instead of heading off to West Virginia, has been training in the 400 to gain speed for his college season this fall. —Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026

The five-year exhibit runs in San Francisco’s Presidio through August before heading off to 10 other cities, including Honolulu, Los Angeles, and Portland, Oregon. —ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026

Witt will spend a few weeks in camp before heading off to join Team USA for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. —Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2026

Cochran left home for Charlotte in 2008 to study at Johnson & Wales, earning double degrees in Culinary Arts and Food Service Management before heading off to New York in search of great things. —Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026

Same with traffic heading off to the left of the turnpike to get to the plaza bathrooms and fast-food windows. —Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026