Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun offbeat
1 sense of offbeat
Sense 1
upbeat, offbeat -- (an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure))
=> rhythm, beat, musical rhythm -- (the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat")
Antonyms of adj offbeat
1 sense of offbeat
Sense 1
far-out, kinky, offbeat, quirky, way-out -- (informal terms; strikingly unconventional)
INDIRECT (VIA unconventional, unconventional) -> conventional -- (following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address")
INDIRECT (VIA unconventional) -> conventional -- (unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes")
Similarity of adj offbeat
1 sense of offbeat
Sense 1
far-out, kinky, offbeat, quirky, way-out -- (informal terms; strikingly unconventional)
=> unconventional (vs. conventional) (vs. conventional) -- (not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles")