Synonyms of call off

call off

verb

1

as in to distract

to draw the attention or mind to something else

she was about to tell me the big news when her attention was called off by the arrival of another guest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• distract
• divert
• throw off
• abstract
• detract
• amuse
• entertain
• stray
• wander
• beguile

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• focus
• concentrate

2

as in to cancel

to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)

called off the party after half of those invited couldn't make it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cancel
• abandon
• scrap
• revoke
• abort
• repeal
• recall
• cry off
• scrub
• rescind
• call
• withdraw
• drop
• write off
• take back
• suspend
• reverse
• roll back
• terminate
• end
• halt
• invalidate
• hold back
• break off
• interrupt
• stop
• nullify
• retract
• void
• abrogate
• annul
• discontinue
• recant
• relinquish
• give up
• countermand
• surrender

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continue
• keep
• engage
• begin
• start
• initiate
• take up
• promise
• pledge
• undertake
• commence
• take on

Examples of call off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But those and other negotiations have been time and again paused or called off. —Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2024

The musician most recently performed on September 7, at New Orleans’ Smoothie King Center, and called off North American shows that were scheduled to occur between September 8 and October 2. —Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2024

Alan Miller, who was given a reprieve in 2022 after his execution was called off when officials were unable to connect an intravenous line, was sentenced to die after being convicted of killing three men during back-to-back workplace shootings in 1999. —Sean Murphy, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2024

Peso Pluma is calling off his upcoming concerts in Florida amid the devastation of Hurricane Milton. —Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 11 Oct. 2024