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

1 sense of offside

Sense 1
offside -- ((sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.))
       => mistake, error, fault -- (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults")

Similarity of adj offsides

1 sense of offsides

Sense 1
offside (vs. onside), offsides -- (illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck; "the touchdown was nullified because the left tackle was offside")