Synonyms for take-off
- verb
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Parody — to imitate (somebody), often in a satirical manner
hit off, mimic, ape, imitate, parody, impersonate, do, burlesque, mock, caricature, travesty, personate rare
3. Start
start, leave, jump, start out, take time off, ship out, set out, depart, slip off, flee, part, set forth, split, skedaddle, sod off vulgar informal UK IE
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Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To imitate (somebody), often in a satirical manner.
- v. 2
To become successful, to flourish.
The business has really taken off this year and has made quite a profit.
- v. 3
To remove.
Tomorrow the doctor will take the cast off her arm.
- v. 4
To leave the ground and ascend into the air or into flight.
That high-jumper takes off from her left foot.
Related words
- Other spellings
- take off
Forms
- Plural
- take-offs → lift-offs, take-aways, cut-offs, set-offs…
Example sentences
- grow "I will grow many trees here", he said to himself.
- thrive We don't just want you to survive, but to thrive.
- jump Many would jump at the chance to live in New York.
- chuck Chuck Norris didn't die - death has Chuck-Norrised.
By length
- 2 letters
- do1
- 3 letters
- get1, ape1
- 4 letters
- take1, part1, kill1, grow1, pull1, jump1, dash1, mock1, flee1, doff1
- 5 letters
- start1, leave1, split1, strip1, chuck1, bloom1, mimic2
- 6 letters
- remove2, parody3, thrive1, depart2, deduct2
- 7 letters
- destroy2, blossom2, imitate3
- 8 letters
- withdraw2, flourish2, subtract2, travesty3
- 9 letters
- burlesque2, skedaddle, personate
- 10 letters
- caricature4
- 11 letters
- impersonate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mimic2 = 2 syllables).