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takeoff

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of takeoff

1 a rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket)
  • Make sure your tray table is safely put away during takeoff.
Synonyms of takeoff

blastoff, launch, liftoff
Words Related to takeoff

ascent
Near Antonyms of takeoff

crash

splashdown
Antonyms of takeoff

landing
2 a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect
  • a movie that's a takeoff of an old TV show from the 1960s
Synonyms of takeoff

burlesque, caricature, parody, put-on, send-up, spoof, travesty
Words Related to takeoff

lampoon, mockery, satire

comedy, farce, humor, sketch, slapstick, squib

distortion, exaggeration

imitation, impersonation, mimicking

take off

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of take off

1 to leave a place often for another
  • I can only stay for a few minutes, and then I'll need to take off again.
Synonyms of take off

bail, bail out, begone, bug off, bug out, buzz (off), clear out, cut out, depart, dig out, exit, get, get off, go, go off, move, pack (up or off), part, peel off, pike (out or off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, run along, sally (forth), shove (off), step (along), vamoose, walk out
Words Related to take off

set out, start, strike out

abscond, decamp, escape, evacuate, flee, fly, get out, run away, scat, scram, skip

go out, light out, step out

abandon, desert, forsake, vacate

emigrate

adjourn, remove, retire, retreat, withdraw
Phrases Synonymous with take off

beat it, hit the road, pull stakes (or pull up stakes), take a hike (also take a walk), take a powder
Near Antonyms of take off

abide, dwell, lodge, remain, settle, stay, tarry

approach, close, near

hit, land, reach
Antonyms of take off

arrive, come, show up, turn up
2 to rid oneself of (a garment)
  • Take off your coat and stay awhile.
Synonyms of take off

doff, douse, peel (off), put off, remove, shrug off
Words Related to take off

husk, shed

kick (off)

disrobe, strip, undress
Near Antonyms of take off

wear

apparel, array, attire, bedeck, clothe, dress, garb, rig, robe, suit
Antonyms of take off

don, put on, slip (into), throw (on)
3 to take away (an amount or number) from a total
  • The store will take an additional 20% off if you bring in this coupon.
Synonyms of take off

abate, deduct, knock off, subtract
Words Related to take off

decrease, diminish, discount, downsize, dwindle, knock down, lessen, lower, reduce

abbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, pare, prune, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, whittle
Near Antonyms of take off

adjoin, annex, append

complement, supplement

enhance, heighten, intensify, magnify

aggrandize, amplify, augment, beef (up), boost, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, multiply
Antonyms of take off

add, tack (on)

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