DOFFS Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

doffs

verb

present tense third-person singular of doff

as in removes

to rid oneself of (a garment) the blazing sun soon had the men doffing their jackets

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Recent Examples of doffs Five hours later, Honeycutt doffs his baseball hat to the audience. — James Parker, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2025 Then There Was the One, by Martha Waters This winking, witty, cozy mystery doffs its deerstalker to grandes dames Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, while dishing out cleverness of its own. — Monitor Contributors, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2025

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removes

Verb

Critics argue that the shortcut removes the layer of oversight that protects patients from the mistakes that have shaped every prior generation of gene therapy.

— William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The clock stops once the rider removes his hand from the rope or touches anything with his free arm.

— Ava DiCecca, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2026