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

Spain will take on defending champion Argentina in the championship game on Sunday after the Spaniards upset France and Argentina knocked off England in the semis. — Bob Harkins, New York Times, 16 July 2026

But if Bellingham leads the Three Lions to immortality, knocking off the reigning champ in the process, Icons certainly won’t be complaining. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 15 July 2026

Noun

Tuesday appears in the film looking more like a knockoff version of the deadpan character but still has her signature black bangs and pigtail braids. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026

Perhaps because the photopolymer plate printing used to make it was already elaborated on in the best-selling 1993 novel The Club Dumas and its 1999 knockoff film adaptation, The Ninth Gate). — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 8 June 2026