Word.ws English Dictionary

off-topic

off-topic adjective: not related to the matter under discussion.

Adjective

off-topic (comparative more off-topic, superlative most off-topic)

  1. Not related to the matter under discussion.
    • When someone asks an off-topic question […] they are usually quickly told to knock it off. You can't ask a question about modems in an echo devoted to local-area networks.1992, Dial in, page 9

off-topic meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese

off-topic in Arabic

not related to the matter being discussed
خارج الـموضوع

off-topic in Vietnamese

not related to the matter being discussed
lạc đề

Antonyms of off-topic

Forms of off-topic

comparativemore off-topic
superlativemost off-topic
alternative formofftopic
alternative formoff topic

Origin of off-topic

From off- + topic.

Questions about off-topic

What does off-topic mean?
Off-topic means not related to the matter under discussion.
What is off-topic in Arabic?
Off-topic in Arabic is خارج الـموضوع. See Off-topic meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is off-topic?
Off-topic is an adjective.

Words near off-topic in the dictionary

  1. off-the-shelf
  2. off-the-shoulder
  3. off-the-wall
  4. off-time
  5. off-times
  6. off-topic
  7. off-track
  8. off-trade
  9. off-trail
  10. off-white
  11. off-whites

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: off-topic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-au-off topic.ogg.

Cite this entry: “off-topic.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/off-topic. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.