off-road

adjective

Designed for, used for, or taking place on a driving surface that is not traditionally paved, such as a beach or rugged terrain.

“off-road parking”

Similar
all-terrainoff-street
OriginEnglish road ← Middle English rode ← Old English rād →
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Meanings

adjectiveoff-road (not comparable)
  1. not comparableDesigned for, used for, or taking place on a driving surface that is not traditionally paved, such as a beach or rugged terrain.

    At the heart of this effort is Assembly Bill 1346, signed into law in 2021, which targets small off-road engines (SOREs) like gas-powered generators, lawnmowers, and leaf blowers.

    2025 May 4, Stacey Sloughfy, “How California's Upcoming State Ban Will Impact RVs And Camping Trips”, in The Travel, archived from the original on 08 May 2025

    Synonyms: all-terrain

  2. not comparableSynonym of off-street.

    off-road parking

    Synonyms: off-street

verboff-road (third-person singular simple present off-roads, present participle off-roading, simple past and past participle off-roaded)

present singular third person off-roads · participle present off-roading · participle past off-roaded · past off-roaded

  1. intransitiveTo travel in rugged terrain instead of on a paved track.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDesigned for, used for, or taking place on a driving surface that is not traditionally paved, such as a beach or rugged terrain.

Similar
all-terrain

adjectiveSynonym of off-street.

Similar
off-street
Also see
all-terrainoff-street

Origin

  1. Englishoff-
  2. Proto-Germanic*raidō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*raidu
  4. Old Englishrād
  5. Middle Englishrode
  6. Englishroad
  7. Englishoff-road

From off- + road.

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Translations

Catalan tot terreny
  • tot terrenydesigned for driving on a rugged terrain
Chinese Mandarin 越野, 越野行駛 /越野行驶
  • 越野 (yuèyě)designed for driving on a rugged terrain
  • 越野行駛 /越野行驶 (yuèyě xíngshǐ)travel in rugged terrain
Finnish maasto-, maastokelpoinen
  • maasto-designed for driving on a rugged terrain
  • maastokelpoinendesigned for driving on a rugged terrain
  • kulkea maastossatravel in rugged terrain
French tout-terrain
  • tout-terraindesigned for driving on a rugged terrain
German geländegängig
  • geländegängigdesigned for driving on a rugged terrain
Greek παντός εδάφους
  • παντός εδάφους (pantós edáfous)designed for driving on a rugged terrain
Hungarian terepjáró
  • terepjáródesigned for driving on a rugged terrain
Polish terenowy, podróżować w terenie
  • terenowydesigned for driving on a rugged terrain
  • podróżować w terenietravel in rugged terrain
Russian вездехо́дный, внедоро́жный
  • вездехо́дный (vezdexódnyj)designed for driving on a rugged terrain
  • внедоро́жный (vnedoróžnyj)designed for driving on a rugged terrain
Spanish todoterreno
  • todoterrenodesigned for driving on a rugged terrain
Swedish terränggående
  • terränggåendedesigned for driving on a rugged terrain
Cite this entry
APA

off-road. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-road

MLA

“off-road.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-road. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “off-road,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-road.

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