Synonyms of knock off

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knock off 1 of 2

verb

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1

as in to stop

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

knock it off!

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

knockoff

2 of 2

noun

as in copycat

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• original

• original