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offside
adjective as in off base
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in risqué
Weak matches
- amoral
- bawdy
- blue
- breezy
- crude
- daring
- dirty
- earthy
- erotic
- filthy
- foul
- gross
- hot
- immodest
- immoral
- indecent
- indecorous
- indelicate
- indiscreet
- inelegant
- lewd
- lurid
- naughty
- obscene
- off-base
- off-color
- offensive
- out of line
- provocative
- purple
- racy
- raw
- ribald
- salacious
- salty
- shady
- sizzling
- smart
- smutty
- spicy
- suggestive
- unrefined
- vulgar
- wanton
- warm
- wicked
- X-rated
Example Sentences
Jordan Henderson had an stoppage-time winner ruled out for offside.
O'Neil was clutching at straws to compare it to the goal Max Kilman had ruled out against West Ham last season because, unlike Bernardo Silva for City, in that incident Tawanda Chirewa was offside and directly in the goalkeeper’s way.
John Stones' injury-time header was eventually awarded following a pitchside review by referee Chris Kavanagh after it had initially been disallowed for offside, with Bernardo Silva standing in front of goalkeeper Jose Sa.
The offside law states: "The attacking player is penalised for preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the goalkeeper's line of vision."
"Stones' goal was disallowed on-field due to Bernardo Silva being in an offside position and in the goalkeeper's line of vision," the Premier League's match centre posted on X, formerly Twitter.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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