- Types Of Speech
- You can use offhand as a adjective satellite or as a adverb in a sentence.
- About Offhand
- A 2 syllables adjective satellite and 7 letters with the letters a, d, f, h, n, and o, 5 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter h. Offhand starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters o, of, off, offh, offha, and the ending characters are d, nd, and, hand, fhand, . Offhand is also a double consonant (ff) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- Casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- Compound Words
- A compound word, offhand has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are off, and hand.
- School Grade
- Offhand is set as a sat word that starts with o, ends with d, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 7 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is offhand a scrabble word? A 17 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Offhand in Pig Latin is said as "offhanday or offhandway".
- Unigram
- o | f | f | h | a | n | d
- Bigram
- of | ff | fh | ha | an | nd
- Trigram
- off | ffh | fha | han | and
- Quadrigram
- offh | ffha | fhan | hand
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- casually thoughtless or inconsiderate;
"an offhand manner";
"she treated most men with offhand contempt" - with little or no preparation or forethought;
"his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment";
"an extemporaneous piano recital";
"an extemporary lecture";
"an extempore skit";
"an impromptu speech";
"offhand excuses";
"trying to sound offhanded and reassuring
- Adverb Examples
- in a casually inconsiderate manner;
"replied offhand, his mind a million miles away";
"she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter" - without previous thought or preparation;
"couldn't give the figures offhand";
"we decided offhand to go to Canada";
"she had made these remarks offhandedly"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abrupt | surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner "an abrupt reply" |
| Absently | in an absent-minded or preoccupied manner "he read the letter absently" |
| Absentmindedly | in an absent-minded or preoccupied manner "he read the letter absently" |
| Abstractedly | in an absent-minded or preoccupied manner "he read the letter absently" |
| Ad Lib | |
| Ad Lib | |
| Ad Libitum | |
| Aerial | a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer |
| Aeriform | characterized by lightness and insubstantiality as impalpable or intangible as air "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle "aerial fancies" "an airy apparition" "physical rather than ethereal forms" |
| Aery | any habitation at a high altitude |
View all cognitive synonyms for Offhand
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Handoff | (American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate |
| Offhand | casually thoughtless or inconsiderate "an offhand manner" "she treated most men with offhand contempt" |
View English words with the unique letters used in offhand. Words With The Letters Adfhno
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Careless | effortless and unstudied; "an impression of careless elegance"; "danced with careless grace" |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handoff (7 letters) | 17 | 17 | handoff | ||
| Hands Off (9 letters) | |||||
| Offhand (7 letters) | 17 | 17 | handoff | ||
| Off Hand (8 letters) |
Offhand Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With O
- Ends With D
- Spelled With / Contains Letters

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