switch off

Questions about switch off

What does switch off mean?

switch off means "cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch".

What is another word for switch off?

Close synonyms include cut, turn off, turn out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of switch off?

The recorded antonyms are switch on.

Is switch off a common word?

switch off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.