" off "

1: from this or that place;

  * e.g., " ... move off a few yards before I throw the football "

•  Synonyms : 

•  away,

•  down,

•  fro,

•  hence,

•  out

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: falling short of a standard;

  * e.g., " ... the milk tasted off "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bad,

•  bastard,

•  bush,

•  bush-league,

•  crummy,

•  deficient,

•  dissatisfactory,

•  ill,

•  inferior,

•  lame,

•  lousy,

•  paltry,

•  poor,

•  punk,

•  sour,

•  suboptimal,

•  subpar,

•  substandard,

•  unacceptable,

•  unsatisfactory,

•  wack,

•  wanting,

•  wretched,

•  wrong

•  Antonyms : 

•  acceptable,

•  adequate,

•  all right,

•  decent,

•  fine,

•  OK,

•  passable,

•  respectable,

•  satisfactory,

•  standard,

•  tolerable

2: not being in a state of use, activity, or employment;

  * e.g., " ... the computer is off, so you'll have to turn it on in order to use it "

•  Synonyms : 

•  dead,

•  dormant,

•  fallow,

•  free,

•  idle,

•  inactive,

•  inert,

•  inoperative,

•  latent,

•  unused,

•  vacant

•  Antonyms : 

•  active,

•  alive,

•  busy,

•  employed,

•  functioning,

•  going,

•  living,

•  on,

•  operating,

•  operative,

•  running,

•  working

3: not being in agreement with what is true;

  * e.g., " ... that claim that everyone is actually related to everyone else seems a bit off "

•  Synonyms : 

•  erroneous,

•  false,

•  inaccurate,

•  incorrect,

•  inexact,

•  invalid,

•  unsound,

•  untrue,

•  untruthful,

•  wrong

•  Antonyms : 

•  accurate,

•  correct,

•  errorless,

•  exact,

•  factual,

•  precise,

•  proper,

•  right,

•  sound,

•  true,

•  valid,

•  veracious

1: as in private, restricted;

•  Synonyms : 

•  closed,

•  exclusive,

•  private,

•  restricted,

•  limited,

•  inaccessible,

•  unavailable

•  Antonyms : 

•  free-for-all,

•  open,

•  public,

•  unrestricted,

•  collective,

•  common,

•  communal,

•  shared,

•  accessible,

•  available,

•  free

1: as in atonal, tuneless;

•  Synonyms : 

•  atonal,

•  tuneless,

•  disagreeable,

•  unpleasant,

•  unpleasing,

•  resounding,

•  sonorous,

•  blaring,

•  clanging,

•  clangorous,

•  clashing,

•  clattering,

•  dinning,

•  grating,

•  harsh,

•  jangling,

•  jangly,

•  jarring,

•  metallic,

•  noisy,

•  raspy,

•  raucous,

•  scratching,

•  screeching,

•  shrill,

•  squeaky,

•  strident,

•  clamorous,

•  uproarious,

•  cacophonous,

•  discordant,

•  dissonant,

•  inharmonious,

•  unmelodious,

•  unmusical,

•  unvocal

•  Antonyms : 

•  harmonious,

•  harmonizing,

•  melodious,

•  musical,

•  dulcet,

•  euphonious,

•  mellifluent,

•  mellifluous,

•  mellow,

•  melodic,

•  sweet,

•  tuneful,

•  resonant,

•  sonorous,

•  quavering,

•  trilling,

•  warbling,

•  agreeable,

•  appealing,

•  pleasant,

•  cadenced,

•  lilting,

•  lyric,

•  lyrical,

•  rhythmic,

•  chordal,

•  harmonic,

•  homophonic,

•  orchestral,

•  polyphonic,

•  symphonic,

•  symphonious,

•  tonal,

•  calm,

•  hushed,

•  noiseless,

•  quiet,

•  silent,

•  soundless,

•  still

1: as in closed-door, back-channel;

•  Synonyms : 

•  back-channel,

•  closed-door,

•  off-the-books,

•  backstairs,

•  behind-the-scenes,

•  clandestine,

•  covert,

•  furtive,

•  hole-and-corner,

•  hugger-mugger,

•  hush-hush,

•  private,

•  privy,

•  secret,

•  sneak,

•  sneaking,

•  sneaky,

•  stealth,

•  stealthy,

•  surreptitious,

•  undercover,

•  underground,

•  underhand,

•  underhanded,

•  classified,

•  confidential,

•  restricted,

•  top secret,

•  undisclosed,

•  concealed,

•  hidden,

•  secreted,

•  subterranean,

•  unadvertised,

•  unexposed

•  Antonyms : 

•  open,

•  overt,

•  public,

•  acknowledged,

•  avowed,

•  aboveboard,

•  straightforward,

•  unconcealed,

•  undisguised,

•  unclassified,

•  unrestricted,

•  clear,

•  evident,

•  manifest,

•  obvious,

•  patent,

•  plain

1: as in closed-door, off-the-record;

•  Synonyms : 

•  back-channel,

•  closed-door,

•  off-the-record,

•  backstairs,

•  behind-the-scenes,

•  clandestine,

•  covert,

•  furtive,

•  hole-and-corner,

•  hugger-mugger,

•  hush-hush,

•  private,

•  privy,

•  secret,

•  sneak,

•  sneaking,

•  sneaky,

•  stealth,

•  stealthy,

•  surreptitious,

•  undercover,

•  underground,

•  underhand,

•  underhanded,

•  classified,

•  confidential,

•  restricted,

•  top secret,

•  undisclosed,

•  concealed,

•  hidden,

•  secreted,

•  subterranean,

•  unadvertised,

•  unexposed

•  Antonyms : 

•  open,

•  overt,

•  public,

•  acknowledged,

•  avowed,

•  aboveboard,

•  straightforward,

•  unconcealed,

•  undisguised,

•  unclassified,

•  unrestricted,

•  clear,

•  evident,

•  manifest,

•  obvious,

•  patent,

•  plain

1: hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent;

  * e.g., " ... the movie was rated PG-13 for some swearing and off-color jokes "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bawdy,

•  blue,

•  gamy,

•  lewd,

•  off,

•  racy,

•  ribald,

•  risqué,

•  salty,

•  spicy,

•  suggestive

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion;

  * e.g., " ... he's nice enough, but there's something a little off-kilter about him "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bizarre,

•  bizarro,

•  cranky,

•  crazy,

•  curious,

•  eccentric,

•  erratic,

•  far-out,

•  funky,

•  funny,

•  kinky,

•  kooky,

•  odd,

•  off-the-wall,

•  offbeat,

•  out-of-the-way,

•  outlandish,

•  outré,

•  peculiar,

•  quaint,

•  queer,

•  queerish,

•  quirky,

•  remarkable,

•  rum,

•  screwy,

•  spaced-out,

•  strange,

•  wacky,

•  way-out,

•  weird,

•  weirdo,

•  wild

•  Antonyms : 

•  even,

•  level,

•  straight

2: inclined or twisted to one side;

  * e.g., " ... to me, the painting on the wall looks a little off-kilter "

•  Synonyms : 

•  askew,

•  aslant,

•  atilt,

•  awry,

•  cock-a-hoop,

•  cockeyed,

•  crazy,

•  crooked,

•  listing,

•  lopsided,

•  oblique,

•  pitched,

•  skewed,

•  slanted,

•  slanting,

•  slantwise,

•  tilted,

•  tipping,

•  uneven

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to put to death deliberately;

  * e.g., " ... the hit man was rumored to have offed at least three people in the last year alone "

•  Synonyms : 

•  assassinate,

•  bump off,

•  croak,

•  dispatch,

•  do in,

•  execute,

•  get,

•  ice,

•  knock off,

•  liquidate,

•  murder,

•  neutralize,

•  put away,

•  rub out,

•  slay,

•  snuff,

•  take out,

•  terminate,

•  whack

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to empty or rid of cargo;

  * e.g., " ... the warehouse needs to hire more people to load and off-load the trucks "

•  Synonyms : 

•  disburden,

•  discharge,

•  disencumber,

•  unburden,

•  unlade,

•  unload,

•  unpack

•  Antonyms : 

•  load,

•  pack