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

The Knights snapped their scoreless stretch when Burks stole the ball and drove halfcourt before his shot was knocked off the rim for goaltending and their first points in more than five minutes. —Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2026

Buffalo knocked off the Jacksonville Jaguars in a 27-24 nail-biter to reach the divisional round for a sixth straight year. —Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Jan. 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