Thesaurus

go off

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of GO OFF

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure <specialists were able to deactivate the bomb before it went off>

Synonyms blow, blow up, burst, crump, detonate, go off, pop

Related Words fragment, shatter, smash, splinter; discharge, fire, shoot; balloon, burgeon (also bourgeon), mushroom

Near Antonyms collapse, fizzle

Antonyms implode

to move forward along a course <the wedding went off without so much as a single glitch>

Synonyms advance, come, come along, do, fare, forge, get along, get on, go along, go off, march, pace, proceed, progress

Related Words accelerate, fast-forward, speed; approach, near; journey, pass, repair, run, travel, wend; actuate, drive, impel, propel, push; take out

Near Antonyms arrest, balk, block, check, detain, halt, hinder, hold back, impede, nip, obstruct, slow (down or up), stem; repress, retard, stunt, suppress; delay, interrupt, stall; cramp, hamper, inhibit; cease, let up, pause; regress; wait

Antonyms remain, stand, stay, stop

to leave a place often for another <don't go off without telling us where we can find you>

Related Words set out, start, strike out; abscond, decamp, escape, evacuate, flee, fly, get out, mizzle [chiefly British], run away, scat, scram, skip; go out, light out, step out; abandon, desert, forsake, vacate; emigrate; adjourn, remove, retire, retreat, withdraw

Near Antonyms abide, dwell, lodge, remain, settle, stay, tarry; approach, close, near; hit, land, reach

Antonyms arrive, come, show up, turn up

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