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Offset

🔄 Synonyms of "Offset"

19 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
startverb	The beginning of an activity.
commencementnoun	(education) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
outgrowthnoun	Anything that grows out of something else.
runnernoun	Agent noun of run; one who runs.
firstnoun	Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
counterbalanceverb	(figuratively) A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one.
beginningnoun	(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
outsetnoun	An onset; the beginning or initial stage of something.
set offverb	(idiomatic, intransitive) To leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip.
kickoffnoun	Alternative spelling of kick-off. [(soccer, American football) The opening kick of each half of a game of football.]
countervailverb	To counter, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize, or negate.
offshootnoun	Something which develops from something else.
stolonnoun	(botany) A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.
set backverb	(transitive) To delay or obstruct.
cancelverb	(transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
setoffnoun	Alternative spelling of set-off. [That which is set off against another thing; an offset.]
offset printingnoun	Printing by the offset process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket (“offset cylinder”) and from there to the printing surface.
starting timenoun	The moment in time at which something is scheduled or supposed to begin.
branchnoun	The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.

↔️ Antonyms of "Offset"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
endnoun	The terminal point of something in space or time.
middlenoun	A centre, midpoint.
endingnoun	A termination or conclusion.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Offset"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
counterbalanceverb	(figuratively) A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one.
beginningnoun	(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
outsetverb	(Internet, CSS, transitive) To cause (a design element) to extend around the outside of something else, the opposite of being inset.
commencementnoun	(education) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
countervailverb	To counter, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize, or negate.
startverb	(ergative) To begin, commence, initiate.
cancelverb	(transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
firstverb	(transitive, rare) To propose (a new motion) in a meeting, which must subsequently be seconded.
set offverb	(idiomatic, intransitive) To leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip.
set backverb	(transitive) To delay or obstruct.
setoffnoun	Alternative spelling of set-off. [That which is set off against another thing; an offset.]
kickoffnoun	Alternative spelling of kick-off. [(soccer, American football) The opening kick of each half of a game of football.]
offset printingnoun	Printing by the offset process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket (“offset cylinder”) and from there to the printing surface.
runnernoun	Agent noun of run; one who runs.
outgrowthnoun	Anything that grows out of something else.
offshootnoun	Something which develops from something else.
branchverb	(intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
stolonnoun	(botany) A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.
starting timenoun	The moment in time at which something is scheduled or supposed to begin.
counterbalancedverb	Having a counterbalance