offboard

See also: off board and off-board

English

Etymology

off +‎ board, from off board (“phrase”), equivalent to off- +‎ board.

Verb

offboard (third-person singular simple present offboards, present participle offboarding, simple past and past participle offboarded)

1. To alight, especially from public transit or an aircraft.
2. (figurative, transitive) To prepare someone's departure from a group.

   Antonym: onboard

   • 2022, Audrey O'Shea, Jeff T. Parker, CompTIA A+ Complete Practice Tests […] ‎^[1], John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

     It's easiest to onboard and offboard employees if you have a checklist to follow.

   • 2024 May 12, Erin Griffith, “Honey, I Love You. Didn’t You See My Slack About It?”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 October 2025:

     There were memes about divorce rates spiking in San Francisco, about “offboarding” one’s wife and about requiring your partner to submit a “purchase order approval form” to spend money.

See also

• exit interview

Adjective

offboard (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of off board

Noun

offboard (plural offboards)

1. (photography, videography) A feed, video, image, etc., taken of a vehicle's situation, from a position that is not on the vehicle.

   Coordinate terms: (n) onboard, (adj) off board