Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun offing

2 senses of offing

Sense 1
offing -- (the near or foreseeable future; "there was a wedding in the offing")
       => future, hereafter, futurity, time to come -- (the time yet to come)

Sense 2
offing -- (the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; "there was a ship in the offing")
       => body of water, water -- (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb off

1 sense of off

Sense 1
murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove -- (kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered")
       => kill -- (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays")