Synonyms of carry off

carry off

verb

1

as in to fulfil

to carry through (as a process) to completion

the con artist would never have been able to carry off his schemes if it were not for the greed of his eager victims

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fulfil
• fulfill
• perform
• accomplish
• execute
• achieve
• do
• carry out
• make
• pull off
• implement
• put through
• follow through (with)
• bring off
• prosecute
• go through
• commit
• negotiate
• complete
• bring about
• compass
• perpetrate
• finish
• realize
• engage (in)
• effect
• work (at)
• practice
• effectuate
• practise
• ace
• attain
• wind up
• repeat
• nail
• end
• reenact
• actualize
• reduplicate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fail
• slight
• skimp
• slur

2

as in to destroy

to deprive of life

pray that the pestilence does not carry off any more souls than it already has

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroy
• kill
• slay
• dispatch
• fell
• take
• do away with
• do for
• claim
• make away with
• cut down
• take out
• do in
• put away
• murder
• slaughter
• kill off
• blot out
• croak
• bump off
• rub out
• assassinate
• finish
• off
• waste
• butcher
• neutralize
• knock off
• execute
• massacre
• put down
• snuff
• get
• mow
• whack
• ice
• annihilate
• smite
• decimate
• terminate
• euthanatize
• suicide
• scrag
• martyr
• euthanize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restore
• raise
• revive
• animate
• resurrect
• nurture
• resuscitate

Examples of carry off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then came the shocking events of Saturday evening, where a political rally in Butler, Penn., ended with two people dead, and Donald Trump being carried off by Secret Service agents with blood on his face. —Brian Bennett, TIME, 15 July 2024

The consensus is that people with higher visual weight are able to carry off wearing bold makeup, while people with a lower visual weight benefit from subtler makeup looks. —Zoe Anastasiou, refinery29.com, 11 Jan. 2024

As a result, the player who returned to training with Angel City this month is not the same one who was carried off the field eight games into the team’s first season. —Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024

Blakely was carried off of the competition floor with her face in her hands and wheeled out of the arena by medical staff. —Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 30 June 2024