TURNED OFF Synonyms: 171 Similar and Opposite Words

turned off 1 of 2

adjective

as in opposing

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verb

past tense of turn off

as in disgusted

to cause to feel disgust that memorably bad meal turned me off about restaurant food for a while

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as in deviated

to change one's course or direction turn off at the third exit and follow the ramp to your left

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as in removed

to let go from office, service, or employment eventually, the supervisor turned off the insubordinate employee

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as in shut off

to cause to stop functioning please turn off the fan when you're done

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Recent Examples of turned off

Verb

After a 2009 fatal crash, those were turned off, then restored over the past two years. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 The detective and a colleague, both in unmarked Dodge Ram pickups, turned off their emergency lights and radioed other deputies about where Burke was heading, according to the report. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026 There was no technical issue, and the models worked perfectly until they were turned off. — Ciaran Cosgrave, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Once the necessary conversion engines and AI models have been downloaded, Morphjet can also operate with Wi-Fi turned off. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026 Rubin said the volume of messages became so overwhelming that the store turned off its phone. — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026 Rather than being turned off by the studio’s feedback, Oliver was intrigued. — Michael Douglas, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026 As a result, Share with App Developers starts out turned off. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 One study found that even having a phone turned off on a table nearby may be enough to impair a student’s academic performance. — James Marriott, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned off

Adjective

The Jazz didn’t play a highlight reel during the game to welcome the center back, as many teams often do for a player who returns on an opposing team.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Skattebo found a crease, lowered his helmet and ran over an opposing defender.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of opposing

Verb

But over time, due to a variety of systems issues with obtaining certain medications, the lethal injection protocol has deviated from the standard devised by Chapman.

— M. Sara Rosenthal, STAT, 13 Oct. 2026
The Bengals deviated from strategy this offseason and paid for a defense.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of deviated

Verb

And immigration courts, which ultimately decide whether someone can be removed from the country, face more significant case backlogs.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Acton has said that her stepfather repeatedly raped her as a pre-teenage girl and that her family lived in a tent at the time she was removed from their care.

— Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of removed

Verb

One in six households can’t afford to reliably put food on their table, and Texans have had their electricity shut off at one of the highest rates in the United States.

— Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Musk previously ordered SpaceX engineers to shut off Starlink's satellite network over Crimea to thwart a Ukrainian attack on Russian warships, according to a chapter in the 2023 Musk biography written by Walter Isaacson.

— Annie Palmer,Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of shut off

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Reporter covering local breaking news Federal health officials are investigating a multistate salmonella outbreak that has been linked to raw oysters and sickened 27 people across a dozen states.

— Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
The state’s outbreak has spread to dozens of counties, sickened over 1,200 people, and put 176 in the hospital.

— Raj Panjabi, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of sickened

Verb

Edwards and Ball combined for 17 points during that spurt, while the Heat missed six of nine shots and turned the ball over on four possessions.

— CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
In that incident, surveillance footage — first reported by the Daily News — showed the fare-checkers pushing Brooklyn school aide Kyle Taylor up against a bus stop shelter following a fare dispute that had turned physical.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

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