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

Two of the biggest of the first day were Atlantic 10 champion Virginia Commonwealth — the 11th seed in the West Region — beating 6th seed and perennial power North Carolina, and Big South Champion High Point — a 12th seed in the West — knocking off 5th seed Wisconsin from the Big Ten. —Josh Taylor, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026

And before Cleveland State, in 1985 Navy and David Robinson became the first 13th seed to dispatch a four when the Midshipmen knocked off LSU. —Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026

Noun

The packaging listed no company or brand other than the actual Trolli brand, which has nothing to do with the THC knockoff. —Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 19 Feb. 2026

This is the first time Hims has stopped selling a knockoff version after a company complaint. —Jessica Nix, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026