Find your perfect word!

 

Definition off

Etymology

From Middle English of, from Old English of, af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-Germanic *ab (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?epo (“from, off, back”). Cognate with Scots of, af (“off, away”), West Frisian af, ôf (“off, away”), Dutch af (“off, from”), German Low German of (“off, from”), German ab (“off, from”), Danish af (“of, off”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish av (“of, off”), Icelandic af (“of, off”), Gothic ?? (af, “of, from”); and with Latin ab (“of, from, by”), Ancient Greek ??? (apó, “from”), and others. Doublet of of.

Adverb

off (not comparable)

  1. In a direction away from the speaker or object.
  2. Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence.
  3. So as to be removed or separated.

Adjective

off (comparative more off, superlative most off)

  1. Inoperative, disabled.
  2. Rancid, rotten.
  3. (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
  4. Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
  5. Inappropriate; untoward.
  6. Circumstanced (as in well off, better off, poorly off).
  7. Started on the way.
  8. Far; off to the side.
  9. Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
  10. (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
  11. (of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable.
  12. Right-hand (in relation to the side of a horse or a vehicle).

Preposition

off

  1. Used to indicate movement away from a position on
  2. (colloquial) Out of the possession of.
  3. Away from or not on.
  4. Disconnected or subtracted from.
  5. Distant from.
  6. No longer wanting or taking.
  7. Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.

Verb

off (third-person singular simple present offs, present participle offing, simple past and past participle offed)

  1. (transitive, slang) To kill.
  2. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) To switch off.

Noun

off (uncountable)

  1. (usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point.

Results 484 Words with the letters OFF

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
10 letter words with the letters OFF 
9 letter words with the letters OFF 
8 letter words with the letters OFF 
7 letter words with the letters OFF 
6 letter words with the letters OFF 
AFFORD 13
BOFFIN 16
BOFFOS 15
BOUFFE 16
BUFFOS 16
COFFEE 15
COFFER 15
COFFIN 16
COFFLE 16
COIFFE 15
CUTOFF 16
DOFFED 14
DOFFER 13
EFFORT 12
FEOFFS 15
FLYOFF 18
FYLFOT 15
GOFFER 14
GONIFF 15
HOWFFS 17
LAYOFF 15
OFFALS 13
OFFCUT 16
OFFEND 14
OFFERS 12
OFFICE 15
OFFING 15
OFFISH 14
OFFKEY 18
OFFSET 12
PAYOFF 17
POUFFE 16
POUFFS 16
PUTOFF 16
RIPOFF 15
RUBOFF 16
RUNOFF 14
SCOFFS 15
SETOFF 12
SHROFF 14
SOFFIT 12
TIPOFF 15
TOFFEE 12
5 letter words with the letters OFF 
BOFFO 14
BOFFS 14
BUFFO 15
COFFS 14
DOFFS 12
FEOFF 14
HOWFF 16
OFFAL 12
OFFED 12
OFFER 11
POUFF 15
SCOFF 14
TOFFS 11
TOFFY 13
4 letter words with the letters OFF 
BOFF 13
COFF 13
DOFF 11
OFFS 10
TOFF 10
3 letter words with the letters OFF 
OFF 9
2 letter words with the letters OFF 
OF 5

You can also try words with the phrase OFF, words starting with the letters OFF, or words ending in the letters OFF.