put off
161 synonyms found
- about the bush
- adjourn
- appall
- bear off
- beat around
- beg the question
- blind
- blunt
- cast off
- chill
- cloak
- color
- continue
- cool
- cover
- cover story
- cover-up
- dally
- damp
- dampen
- defer
- deflect
- delay
- deter
- dillydally
- disaffect
- discourage
- disgust
- disincline
- disinterest
- distract
- divert
- dodge
- doff
- douse
- drag out
- drop
- duck
- embark
- equivocate
- excuse
- facade
- feint
- fence
- front
- get under way
- give offense
- gloss
- go off soundings
- go to sea
- gross out
- guise
- hang fire
- hang up
- haul off
- have way upon
- hedge
- hem and haw
- hold off
- hold over
- hold up
- horrify
- indispose
- lag
- lame excuse
- lay aside
- lay by
- lay over
- linger
- locus standi
- loiter
- mask
- nauseate
- offend
- ostensible motive
- parry
- pigeonhole
- poke
- poor excuse
- postpone
- pretense
- pretension
- pretext
- procrastinate
- prorogate
- prorogue
- protract
- public motive
- pull away
- pull back
- push aside
- push off
- pussyfoot
- put aside
- put on ice
- put to sea
- quench
- recess
- recoil
- refuge
- remove
- repel
- revolt
- run from
- sail
- sail away
- sail away from
- screen
- semblance
- set aside
- set by
- sham
- sheer off
- shelve
- shift
- shift off
- shock
- shove off
- shrink
- shy
- shy away
- shy off
- sicken
- sidestep
- sleep on
- slip out of
- smoke screen
- stalking-horse
- stand from
- stand off
- stand over
- stave off
- stay
- steer away from
- step aside
- step out of
- stratagem
- stretch out
- subterfuge
- suspend
- swerve
- table
- take a recess
- take off
- tarry
- temporize
- throw off
- trail
- trick
- turn aside
- turn away
- turn from
- turn off
- turn the stomach
- undo
- unwrap
- varnish
- veil
- waive
- ward off
- wean from
Definition
"don't put off your homework until the last minute."
"the guest was put off by an odor."