SEND-OFF Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

send-off

noun

Definition of send-off

as in leave-taking

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Recent Examples of send-off Welcome to a Thursday Nightcaps — the one where golf WAG Jena Sims gives Brooks Koepka a cheeky send-off before battling the elements at Shinnecock Hills. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026 These include the proper awarding of corner kicks, analysis to determine whether a player was in an offside position and a review of a second yellow card resulting in the send-off of a player. — Russell Lewis, NPR, 12 June 2026 Tens of thousands of fans gathered at a public square in Oslo to give the squad a roaring send-off. — Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026 Robinson started this past Saturday, when the team fell 2-1 in a physical, testy battle against Germany in its final send-off match before the Americans’ first group-stage game. — Jim Sciutto, CNN Money, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for send-off

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The study of leave-taking was assumed to be more complicated than the study of greetings.

— Shayla Love, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
Forest fires were lowering human birth weights, zoo chimpanzees in Kyoto enjoy virtual forests, and the chimpanzees of the Bossou community are formal in their greetings but unceremonious in their leave-taking.

— Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022

Definition of leave-taking

Noun

As Marvel reverses its decision to renew Wonder Man for Season 2 on Disney+, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is bidding farewell to the role of reluctantly super-powered actor Simon Williams.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 30 July 2026
Taysom Hill, an omnipresent, multi-dimensional offensive weapon during his nine-year run with the New Orleans Saints, bid farewell to the city in a social media post Wednesday.

— Devon Henderson, New York Times, 30 July 2026

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