Synonyms of knock off

knock off 1 of 2

verb

1

as in to stop

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end

knock it off!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stop
• cease
• end
• halt
• break off
• quit
• lay off
• cut off
• shut off
• leave off
• cut out
• desist (from)
• delay
• break up
• drop
• suspend
• have done with
• discontinue
• pack (up or in)
• can
• give over
• conclude
• finish
• break
• close (down)
• check
• put the kibosh on
• complete
• block
• hold back
• turn back
• ruin
• pause
• stay
• hinder
• impede
• clamp down
• dam
• detain
• stem
• obstruct
• deactivate
• rein (in)
• suppress
• blockade
• hold
• brake
• abort
• arrest
• destroy
• stamp
• scuttle
• stunt
• call
• squash
• dissolve
• squelch
• kill
• abolish
• demolish
• snuff
• annul
• stanch
• kibosh

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keep up
• continue
• carry on
• run on
• proceed
• advance
• progress
• follow through (with)
• drive
• stir
• propel
• actuate
• impel

2

as in to abandon

to stop doing (something) permanently

decided it was time to knock off telling fantastic fibs about her family background

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abandon
• quit
• discontinue
• drop
• have done (with)
• end
• give up
• pack (up or in)
• break off
• lay off (of)
• finish
• shut off
• hang it up
• conclude
• cease
• close
• leave off
• break up
• halt
• expire
• pause
• throw up
• taper off
• wind up
• round (off or out)
• terminate
• wrap up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keep
• keep up
• maintain
• carry on
• continue
• go
• run on
• hold on
• persist
• hang on
• stay
• hang in
• resume
• renew
• preserve
• start
• begin
• persevere
• reopen
• follow through (with)
• commence
• restart

3

as in to subtract

to take away (an amount or number) from a total

a proposal to knock 10 cents off the gasoline tax

Synonyms & Similar Words

• subtract
• deduct
• take off
• reduce
• discount
• abate
• cut down
• decrease
• cut back
• knock down
• diminish
• lessen
• lower
• dock
• shorten
• slash
• downsize
• crop
• curtail
• truncate
• prune
• cut
• clip
• dwindle
• trim
• abridge
• pare
• retrench
• whittle
• abbreviate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• add
• tack (on)
• supplement
• append
• complement
• annex
• enhance
• increase
• intensify
• heighten
• expand
• raise
• augment
• boost
• adjoin
• enlarge
• magnify
• compound
• multiply
• escalate
• amplify
• beef (up)
• aggrandize

4

as in to rob

to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully

Bonnie and Clyde coped with the Great Depression by knocking off banks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rob
• steal (from)
• rip off
• knock over
• take off
• sack
• burglarize
• rifle
• loot
• burgle
• break in
• plunder
• strip
• cheat
• pluck
• defraud
• stick up
• despoil
• skin
• exploit
• stick
• pillage
• ravish
• sting
• swindle
• spoil
• ransack
• squeeze
• bleed
• hustle
• chisel
• shortchange
• hold up
• rook
• fleece
• mulct
• cozen
• roll
• mug

5

as in to murder

to put to death deliberately

various assassins have tried to knock off the dictator over the years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murder
• assassinate
• slay
• put away
• execute
• take out
• bump off
• get
• off
• kill
• do away with
• dispatch
• rub out
• whack
• neutralize
• ice
• snuff
• slaughter
• do in
• liquidate
• blow away
• destroy
• terminate
• cut down
• shoot
• shoot down
• carry off
• croak
• blot out
• wipe out
• fell
• mow (down)
• claim
• butcher
• massacre
• smite
• eliminate
• eradicate
• zap
• annihilate
• exterminate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restore
• raise
• revive
• animate
• resurrect
• resuscitate

knockoff

2 of 2

noun

as in copycat

Related Words

• copycat
• counterfeit
• forgery
• copy
• fake
• hoax
• reproduction
• replica
• phony
• facsimile
• spoof
• sham
• swindle
• synthetic
• simulation
• mock-up
• humbug
• dummy
• shoddy
• imposture
• fraud
• gaff
• bastard
• brummagem
• duffer

Dissimilar Words

• original

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of knock off

Verb

Then, using a scanning-tunneling microscope, individual hydrogen atoms are knocked off the surface, exposing the silicon underneath. —IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2026

Legacy knocked off Weatherford, 74-47. —Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026

Noun

The Picasso images appear geometric, while those pushed out of the Zuckerberg dog’s rectum look like a clip from a low-budget Matrix knockoff. —Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2025

Last month, federal immigration officers conducted a raid in the same area, targeting street vendors known for selling jewelry, watches and knockoff bags on Canal Street. —Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 30 Nov. 2025