Off
/ɔːf/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:9 pts3 letters
Definition of Off
noun
adjective
- Inoperative, disabled.
"All the lights are off."
- Cancelled; not happening.
"The party's off because the hostess is sick."
- Not fitted; not being worn.
"The drink spilled out of the bottle because the top was off."
- Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
"This milk is off!"
- Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
"sales are off this quarter"
adverb
- In a direction away from the speaker or object.
"He drove off in a cloud of smoke."
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
"Please switch off the light when you leave."
- So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
"He bit off the end of the carrot."
- Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
preposition
- Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.
"He's off the roof now."
- Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
"He was thrown off the team for cheating."
- Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
"His office is off this corridor on the right."
- Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
"The island is 23 miles off the cape."
- Removed or subtracted from.
"There's 20% off the list price."
Anagrams of Off
Related Word Patterns
Synonyms & Antonyms
ANTONYMS
freshlegonnear