CALLED OFF Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

called off

verb

past tense of call off

as in distracted

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

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as in canceled

to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) called off the party after half of those invited couldn't make it

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Recent Examples of called off In the wake of the killings, UMWA leaders Fred Mooney and Frank Keeney called off plans to send large numbers of organizers into Mingo county to be arrested and overwhelm the county jails out of fear that their men might be killed as well. — Elijah Tanall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026 Formula 1 already called off races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia because of safety concerns related to the Iran war. — ABC News, 29 July 2026 An engagement could be called off well before the wheels are set in motion on putting together a wedding. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026 That bid upended Pernod and Brown-Forman’s planned merger, and ultimately led to deal discussions being called off. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 26 July 2026 Following Pradhan's resignation, movement organizers called off the protests, saying the government had accepted their remaining demands. — Arkansas Online, 26 July 2026 Following Pradhan’s resignation, movement organizers called off the protests, saying the government had accepted their remaining demands. — Sheikh Saaliq, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026 SpaceX called off a test flight of its powerful Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster as the countdown clock reached zero on July 16 at the company’s spaceport in South Texas, Ars reports. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026 Smith said that, at some point before the search was called off, Béjar reminded the committee that in rare cases a search could be declared failed. — Austin Horn july 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for called off

Verb

He was distracted by his own grief, and so was everyone else.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
And while the fall prestige slate has not been revealed, the Academy membership has a habit of falling for a summer release in July and then being distracted by new, shiny objects in January.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 23 July 2026

Definition of distracted

Verb

Gartner has predicted that more than 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027, citing escalating costs, unclear value and inadequate risk controls.

— Ravi Palwe, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
The city canceled a visit by code inspectors to examine unpermitted walls in the units, marking the latest setback in a years-long fight for residents to reclaim their building, one of Miami’s largest condo towers.

— Joan Chrissos, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

Definition of canceled

Verb

Hicks said an off-duty state trooper and an armed citizen — whose identities weren't immediately disclosed — both fired back and diverted the gunman from the restaurant.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Due to the Brooklyn Bridge closure, drivers heading into Manhattan were diverted from Centre Street Exit to either FDR Drive or the Park Row South Exits.

— Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of diverted

Verb

The train station hulked behind barbed wire, abandoned for years, both witness to and eight million bricks’ worth of evidence of Detroit's near-collapse.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
Niccol’s plan involved hiring more workers to cut down on long wait times, which in some cases had gotten so bad people abandoned their orders altogether .

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 30 July 2026

Definition of abandoned

Verb

Lear also scrapped the original script by Evans and Monte and hired a crew of mostly white writers, although Evans and Monte were still credited as the show’s cocreators.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Aug. 2026
MaiaSpace has scrapped plans to conduct a suborbital test flight of its Maia rocket, opting instead to proceed straight to a full orbital launch attempt for the vehicle’s inaugural flight in the second half of 2027, European Spaceflight reports.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026

Definition of scrapped

Verb

In fact, the penalty for a first offense is a small fine ($150-300) and your license is revoked for a few months.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
In some cases, the recipients had been flagged by the state's computer systems, but their eligibility was not revoked.

— Renee Anderson, CBS News, 29 July 2026