| offal | (noun) viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans | - |
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| offbeat | (noun) an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure) | Synonyms: upbeat |
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| offence | (noun) the action of attacking an enemy | Synonyms: offense, offensive |
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| (noun) a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right | Synonyms: offense |
| (noun) a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others | Synonyms: discourtesy, offense, offensive activity |
| (noun) a feeling of anger caused by being offended | Synonyms: offense, umbrage |
| (noun) the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score | Synonyms: offense |
| offender | (noun) a person who transgresses moral or civil law | Synonyms: wrongdoer |
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| offense | (noun) the action of attacking an enemy | Synonyms: offence, offensive |
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| (noun) a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right | Synonyms: offence |
| (noun) a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others | Synonyms: discourtesy, offence, offensive activity |
| (noun) a feeling of anger caused by being offended | Synonyms: offence, umbrage |
| (noun) the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score | Synonyms: offence |
| offensive | (noun) the action of attacking an enemy | Synonyms: offence, offense |
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| offensiveness | (noun) the quality of being offensive | Synonyms: distastefulness, odiousness |
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| offer | (noun) a usually brief attempt | Synonyms: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl |
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| (noun) something offered (as a proposal or bid) | Synonyms: offering |
| (noun) the verbal act of offering | Synonyms: offering |
| offerer | (noun) someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection | Synonyms: offeror |
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| offering | (noun) the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity | Synonyms: oblation |
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| (noun) something offered (as a proposal or bid) | Synonyms: offer |
| (noun) the verbal act of offering | Synonyms: offer |
| (noun) money contributed to a religious organization; item or items contributed to a religious organization for religious purposes | - |
| offeror | (noun) someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection | Synonyms: offerer |
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| offertory | (noun) the offerings of the congregation at a religious service | - |
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| office | (noun) a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities | - |
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| (noun) the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group | Synonyms: function, part, role |
| (noun) a job in an organization | Synonyms: berth, place, position, post, situation |
| (noun) place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed | Synonyms: business office |
| (noun) professional or clerical workers in an office | Synonyms: office staff |
| (noun) an administrative unit of government | Synonyms: agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency |
| (noun) (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power | Synonyms: power |
| officeholder | (noun) the official who holds an office | Synonyms: incumbent |
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| (noun) someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust | Synonyms: officer |
| officer | (noun) a member of a police force | Synonyms: police officer |
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| (noun) someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust | Synonyms: officeholder |
| (noun) any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command | Synonyms: military officer |
| (noun) a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel | Synonyms: ship's officer |
| official | (noun) someone who administers the rules of a game or sport | - |
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| (noun) a worker who holds or is invested with an office | Synonyms: functionary |
| officialdom | (noun) people elected or appointed to administer a government | Synonyms: government officials |
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| officialese | (noun) the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure | - |
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| officiant | (noun) a clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service | - |
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| officiating | (noun) the act of umpiring | Synonyms: officiation, refereeing, umpirage |
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| officiation | (noun) the act of umpiring | Synonyms: officiating, refereeing, umpirage |
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| (noun) the performance of a religious or ceremonial or public duty | - |
| officiousness | (noun) aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation | Synonyms: intrusiveness, meddlesomeness |
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| offing | (noun) the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area | - |
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| (noun) the near or foreseeable future | - |
| offprint | (noun) a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication | Synonyms: reprint, separate |
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| offset | (noun) structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly | Synonyms: set-back, setoff |
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| (noun) a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper | Synonyms: offset printing |
| (noun) a natural consequence of development | Synonyms: branch, offshoot, outgrowth |
| (noun) a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips | Synonyms: runner, stolon |
| (noun) a compensating equivalent | Synonyms: counterbalance |
| (noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, outset, showtime, start, starting time |
| offshoot | (noun) a natural consequence of development | Synonyms: branch, offset, outgrowth |
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| offside | (noun) (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.) | - |
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| offspring | (noun) any immature animal | Synonyms: young |
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| (noun) something that comes into existence as a result | Synonyms: materialisation, materialization |
| (noun) the immediate descendants of a person | Synonyms: issue, progeny |
| offstage | (noun) a stage area out of sight of the audience | Synonyms: backstage, wing |
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