Synonyms of knocked off

knocked off

verb

past tense of knock off

1

as in stopped

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

knock it off!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stopped
• ceased
• ended
• halted
• quitted
• quit
• cut off
• shut off
• laid off
• left off
• broke off
• cut out
• packed (up or in)
• dropped
• delayed
• suspended
• broke up
• had done with
• concluded
• finished
• discontinued
• desisted (from)
• closed (down)
• canned
• gave over
• put the kibosh on
• broke
• completed
• turned back
• held back
• clamped down
• ruined
• paused
• reined (in)
• checked
• held
• blocked
• stayed
• hindered
• deactivated
• obstructed
• destroyed
• stamped
• detained
• impeded
• suppressed
• stemmed
• arrested
• called
• killed
• aborted
• blockaded
• dammed
• scuttled
• dissolved
• stunted
• abolished
• squashed
• squelched
• demolished
• braked
• snuffed
• annulled
• kiboshed
• staunched
• stanched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• carried on
• continued
• kept up
• ran on
• proceeded
• advanced
• progressed
• followed through (with)
• stirred
• drove
• propelled
• actuated
• impelled

2

as in abandoned

to stop doing (something) permanently

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abandoned
• quitted
• quit
• discontinued
• dropped
• packed (up or in)
• had done (with)
• laid off (of)
• ended
• finished
• shut off
• hung it up
• gave up
• left off
• broke off
• concluded
• ceased
• closed
• broke up
• tapered off
• halted
• expired
• wrapped up
• paused
• threw up
• rounded (off or out)
• wound up
• terminated
• winded up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• carried on
• continued
• maintained
• kept
• kept up
• went
• hung on
• held on
• ran on
• persisted
• hung in
• renewed
• resumed
• preserved
• stayed
• reopened
• started
• began
• persevered
• commenced
• followed through (with)
• restarted

3

as in subtracted

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

a proposal to knock 10 cents off the gasoline tax

Synonyms & Similar Words

• subtracted
• deducted
• took off
• reduced
• discounted
• knocked down
• abated
• cut down
• decreased
• cut back
• diminished
• dwindled
• lessened
• lowered
• shortened
• slashed
• clipped
• truncated
• cut
• downsized
• abbreviated
• curtailed
• pared
• cropped
• pruned
• abridged
• docked
• trimmed
• whittled
• retrenched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• added
• tacked (on)
• annexed
• appended
• supplemented
• complemented
• adjoined
• increased
• enhanced
• heightened
• intensified
• expanded
• raised
• augmented
• magnified
• enlarged
• multiplied
• compounded
• amplified
• escalated
• boosted
• beefed (up)
• aggrandized

4

as in robbed

to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• robbed
• knocked over
• stole (from)
• ripped off
• burglarized
• took off
• sacked
• looted
• burgled
• stripped
• plundered
• rifled
• broke in
• spoilt
• ransacked
• plucked
• cheated
• stuck up
• exploited
• defrauded
• stuck
• despoiled
• pillaged
• spoiled
• swindled
• shortchanged
• stung
• squeezed
• ravished
• chiselled
• chiseled
• fleeced
• hustled
• skinned
• bled
• stript
• held up
• mulcted
• mugged
• rolled
• rooked
• cozened

5

as in assassinated

to put to death deliberately

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assassinated
• murdered
• executed
• put away
• killed
• bumped off
• dispatched
• got
• rubbed out
• neutralized
• slew
• took out
• whacked
• did in
• destroyed
• liquidated
• terminated
• snuffed
• slaughtered
• did away with
• cut down
• iced
• croaked
• offed
• carried off
• shot down
• blotted out
• wiped out
• blew away
• claimed
• shot
• mowed (down)
• eliminated
• smote
• butchered
• massacred
• eradicated
• felled
• zapped
• annihilated
• exterminated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restored
• raised
• revived
• animated
• resurrected
• resuscitated