/ Thesaurus / T Synonyms of take off Find synonyms for: Noun1. takeoff, departure, going, going away, leavingusage: a departure; especially of airplanes2. takeoff, rise, rising, ascent, ascensionusage: the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne3. parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on, caricature, imitation, impersonationusage: a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way4. parody, mockery, takeoff, apery, mimicryusage: humorous or satirical mimicryVerb1. depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off, leave, go forth, go awayusage: leave; "The family took off for Florida"2. take off, remove, take, take away, withdrawusage: take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!"3. take off, lift off, depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take offusage: depart from the ground; "The plane took off two hours late"4. take off, take time off, interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut offusage: take time off from work; stop working temporarily5. take off, imitate, copy, simulateusage: mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner; "This song takes off from a famous aria"6. take off, undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peelusage: remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"7. get off the ground, take off, start, go, get goingusage: get started or set in motion, used figuratively; "the project took a long time to get off the ground"8. take off, killusage: prove fatal; "The disease took off"9. subtract, deduct, take off, calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figureusage: make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: ravenous Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language