Synonyms of the word

offset

• n. Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
• n. (international trade) A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within…
• n. (obsolete, c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.
• n. A printing method, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the…
• n. (programming) The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
• n. (signal analysis) The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base…
• n. The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
• n. (surveying) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular…
• n. An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly…
• n. (botany) A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
• n. A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
• n. (architecture) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by…
• v. To compensate for something.
• v. To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).

balance

• n. (uncountable) a state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
• n. (uncountable) mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
• n. something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium (literally or figuratively); counterweight.
• n. a pair of scales.
• n. (uncountable) awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
• n. (uncountable) the overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately…
• n. (uncountable) apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
• n. (accounting) a list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
• n. (accounting) the result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
• n. (watchmaking) a device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
• n. (law) the remainder.
• n. (obsolete, astrology) Libra.
• v. (transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To make (concepts) agree.
• v. (transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from…
• v. (transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
• v. (transitive, dancing) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
• v. (nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
• v. (transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
• v. (intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
• v. (intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.

beginning

• n. (uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space…
• n. That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
• n. That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
• n. The initial portion of some extended thing.
• v. present participle of begin.
• adj. (informal) Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.

branch

• n. The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
• n. Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
• n. (in particular) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river. (In the US, branch is a Southern US…
• n. (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
• n. A location of an organization with several locations.
• n. A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant…
• n. (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia…
• n. An area in business or of knowledge, research.
• n. (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a…
• n. (computer architecture) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
• n. (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build…
• n. (rail transport) A branch line.
• v. (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
• v. (intransitive) To produce branches.
• v. (intransitive) To divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a…

cancel

• v. (transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.
• v. (transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
• v. (transitive) To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
• v. (transitive) To offset or equalize something.
• v. (transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction,…
• v. (transitive, media) To stop production of a programme.
• v. (printing, dated) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
• v. (obsolete) To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
• v. (slang) To kill.
• n. A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).
• n. (obsolete) An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.
• n. (printing) The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.

commencement

• n. The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.
• n. The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
• n. A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university.

compensation

• n. The act or principle of compensating.
• n. That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation…
• n. The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are…
• n. A recompense or reward for some loss or service.
• n. An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide…
• n. The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision…

consequence

• n. That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause.
• n. A result of actions, especially if such a result is unwanted or unpleasant.
• n. A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results…
• n. Chain of causes and effects; consecution.
• n. Importance with respect to what comes after.
• n. The power to influence or produce an effect.
• n. (especially when preceded by "of") Importance, value, or influence.
• v. (transitive) To threaten or punish (a child, etc.) with specific consequences for misbehaviour.

construction

• n. The process of constructing.
• n. Anything that has been constructed.
• n. The trade of building structures.
• n. A building, model or some other structure.
• n. (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
• n. The manner in which something is built.
• n. (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
• n. The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
• n. The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
• n. (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

counterbalance

• n. (literally) A weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance.
• n. (figuratively) A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one.
• v. (transitive) To apply weight in order to balance an opposing weight.
• v. (transitive) To apply force in order to balance an opposite one.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To match or equal in effect, but acting in opposition.

countervail

• v. (obsolete) To have the same value as.
• v. To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
• v. To compensate for.

create

• v. (transitive) To bring into existence.
• v. (transitive) To design, invest with a new form, shape, etc.
• v. (intransitive) To be creative, imaginative.
• v. (transitive) To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.
• v. (transitive) To confer a title of nobility, not by descent, but by giving a title either initiated or…
• v. (transitive) To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre‐existent…
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
• adj. (archaic) Created, resulting from creation.

effect

• n. The result or outcome of a cause. See usage notes below.
• n. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
• n. Execution; performance; realization; operation.
• n. (cinematography) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect").
• n. (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced…
• n. (physics, psychology, etc.) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
• n. (usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
• n. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
• n. (obsolete) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
• n. (obsolete) Manifestation; expression; sign.
• v. To make or bring about; to implement.
• v. Misspelling of affect.

equilibrate

• v. (transitive) To balance, or bring into equilibrium.
• v. (intransitive) To balance, to be in a state of equilibrium.

equilibrize

• v. (transitive) To balance, or bring into equilibrium.
• v. (intransitive) To balance, to be in a state of equilibrium.

event

• n. An occurrence; something that happens.
• n. An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
• n. (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
• n. (computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating…
• n. (probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
• n. (obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
• n. (medicine) An episode of severe health conditions.
• v. (obsolete) To occur, take place.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To expose to the air, ventilate.

first

• adj. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
• adj. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
• adv. Before anything else; firstly.
• n. (uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
• n. (uncountable) The first gear of an engine.
• n. (countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
• n. (countable, baseball) first base.
• n. (countable, Britain, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
• n. (countable, colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.
• n. A fraction of an integer ending in one.
• n. (obsolete) Time; time granted; respite.

get-go

• n. (colloquial) The beginning.

impress

• v. (transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
• v. (intransitive) To make an impression, to be impressive.
• v. (transitive) To produce a vivid impression of (something).
• v. (transitive) To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.
• v. To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
• v. (figuratively) To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
• v. (transitive) To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
• v. (transitive) To seize or confiscate (property) by force.
• n. The act of impressing.
• n. An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.
• n. A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
• n. An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
• n. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
• n. A heraldic device; an impresa.
• n. The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which…

issue

• n. The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly.
• n. Someone or something that flows out or comes out, particularly.
• n. The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly.
• n. The place where something flows or comes out, an outlet, particularly.
• n. The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly.
• n. Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly.
• n. The action or an instance of concluding something, particularly.
• n. The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly.
• n. (figuratively, now rare) The action or an instance of feeling some emotion.
• n. (figuratively, now rare) The action or an instance of leaving any state or condition.
• n. (figuratively, originally WWI military slang, usually with definite article) All of something.
• v. To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
• v. To rush out, to sally forth.
• v. To extend into, to open onto.
• v. To turn out in a certain way, to result in.
• v. (law) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
• v. To send out; to put into circulation.
• v. To deliver for use.
• v. To deliver by authority.

kickoff

• n. Alternative spelling of kick-off.

make

• v. (transitive, heading) To create.
• v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
• v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
• v. To constitute.
• v. (intransitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
• v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
• v. (transitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
• v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
• v. (transitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
• v. (transitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
• v. (transitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
• v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
• v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
• v. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
• v. (transitive) To move at (a speed).
• v. To appoint; to name.
• v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
• v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
• v. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
• v. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
• v. To enact; to establish.
• v. To develop into; to prove to be.
• v. To form or formulate in the mind.
• v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in…
• v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
• v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
• v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
• v. (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
• n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
• n. How a thing is made; construction.
• n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
• n. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
• n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
• n. A person's character or disposition.
• n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
• n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
• n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of…
• n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
• n. (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
• n. (slang, military) A promotion.
• n. A home-made project.
• n. (basketball) A made basket.
• n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
• n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.

offshoot

• n. That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.

outcome

• n. That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process.
• n. (probability theory) The result of a random trial. An element of a sample space.
• n. (education) The results or evidence of students' learning experience. Often used in place of desired outcomes.
• n. (chiefly sports) The scoreline; the result.

outgrowth

• n. Anything that grows out of something else.

outset

• n. the beginning or initial stage of something.

point

• n. A discrete division of something.
• n. A sharp extremity.
• n. (heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
• n. (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
• n. (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
• n. Lace worked by the needle.
• n. (US, slang, dated) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
• n. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
• n. (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
• n. The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
• n. The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
• n. (medicine, obsolete) A vaccine point.
• n. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
• v. (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or…
• v. (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
• v. (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
• v. (transitive) To direct toward an object; to aim.
• v. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
• v. (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
• v. (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or…
• v. (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
• v. (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
• v. (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
• v. (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
• v. (dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.
• v. (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location…
• v. (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that…
• v. (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
• v. (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting…
• v. (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
• v. (obsolete) To appoint.
• v. (dated) To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to point out.

print

• adj. Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.
• v. (transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine; often…
• v. To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.
• v. (transitive) To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.
• v. (transitive) To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
• v. (transitive) To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
• v. (computing, transitive) To display a string on the terminal.
• n. (uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
• n. (uncountable) Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.
• n. (uncountable) The letters forming the text of a document.
• n. A visible impression on a surface.
• n. A fingerprint.
• n. A footprint.
• n. (visual art) A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.
• n. (photography) A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.
• n. (motion pictures) A copy of a film that can be projected.
• n. Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.

printing

• n. (uncountable) The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing…
• n. (uncountable) Material that has been printed.
• n. (countable) All the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch.
• n. (uncountable) Written characters that are not joined up.
• v. present participle of print.
• v. To inadequately carry a concealed weapon such that its silhouette is visible on the person wearing it.

result

• v. To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances,…
• v. To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; followed by in.
• v. (law) To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
• v. (obsolete) To leap back; to rebound.
• n. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is…
• n. The fruit, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.
• n. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
• n. (obsolete) A flying back; resilience.
• n. (sports) The final score in a game.
• n. (by extension) A positive or favourable outcome for someone.
• interj. (Britain) An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.

runner

• n. Agent noun of run; somebody who runs.
• n. (slang) A quick escape away from a scene.
• n. A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners, compare trainer; a sneaker.
• n. A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
• n. A mechanical part intended for wheels to run on or to slide against another surface.
• n. A strip of fabric used to decorate a table.
• n. A long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
• n. (cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured…
• n. (baseball, softball) A baserunner.
• n. (Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the…
• n. (slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
• n. (botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets.
• n. (climbing) A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other…
• n. (poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.
• n. A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
• n. A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or…
• n. (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
• n. (video games, rare) A speedrunner.

setoff

• n. (finance) The situation where a bank or similar organisation repays itself money owed by an accountholder…

showtime

• n. The time at which an entertainment event is set to begin.
• n. (figuratively) The time for action.
• interj. A declaration that something is about to happen, particularly that the person speaking is about to act.

start

• n. The beginning of an activity.
• n. A sudden involuntary movement.
• n. The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
• n. An appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match.
• n. A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
• v. (transitive) To begin, commence, initiate.
• v. (intransitive) To begin an activity.
• v. To startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly.
• v. (intransitive) To break away, to come loose.
• v. (transitive, sports) To put into play.
• v. (nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
• v. (euphemistic) To start your periods (menstruation).
• n. A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.
• n. A handle, especially that of a plough.
• n. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
• n. The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.

stolon

• n. (botany) A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.
• n. (zoology) A structure formed by some colonial organisms from which offspring are produced by budding;…

structure

• n. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
• n. The underlying shape of a solid.
• n. The overall form or organization of something.
• n. A set of rules defining behaviour.
• n. (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
• n. (fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend…
• n. A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
• n. (logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
• v. (transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

transfer

• v. (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
• v. (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
• v. (transitive, law) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
• n. (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
• n. (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
• n. (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
• n. A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
• n. (medicine) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side…
• n. (genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.

upshot

• n. (US) A concise summary.
• n. The final result, or outcome of something.