Synonyms for off-set
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Get-go
get-go informal, show time, first, starting time, start, beginning, outset, kickoff, commencement
Verb
1. Counterbalance
counterbalance, compensate, counteract, cancel, counterpoise, neutralize, neutralise UK, countervail rare
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.
- n. 2
A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.
- v. 1
To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
to offset one charge against another
Related words
- Is a kind of
- compensate counteract
- Other spellings
- offset
Forms
- Plural
- off-sets → firsts, starts, beginnings, outsets…
Example sentences
- first A pizza topped with mozzarella is my first choice.
- start As soon as it gets dark, the fireworks will start.
By length
- 5 letters
- first1, start1, shoot1
- 6 letters
- branch1, runner2, cancel2, outset2, sprout1, defray2, stolon
- 7 letters
- kickoff2
- 8 letters
- offshoot2
- 9 letters
- beginning3, outgrowth2
- 10 letters
- compensate3, counteract3, neutralize3, neutralise
- 11 letters
- countervail3
- 12 letters
- commencement3, counterpoise
- 14 letters
- counterbalance4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (runner2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- décalage
- Italiano
- spostamento
- Deutsch
- Verschiebung