Synonyms of knocks off

knocks off

verb

present tense third-person singular of knock off

1

as in stops

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

knock it off!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stops
• ends
• ceases
• halts
• cuts off
• breaks off
• shuts off
• lays off
• quits
• cuts out
• leaves off
• breaks up
• has done with
• packs (up or in)
• gives over
• drops
• delays
• concludes
• desists (from)
• suspends
• breaks
• finishes
• cans
• discontinues
• closes (down)
• puts the kibosh on
• checks
• holds back
• blocks
• completes
• turns back
• reins (in)
• pauses
• stems
• clamps down
• stays
• holds
• ruins
• hinders
• stamps
• brakes
• deactivates
• suppresses
• obstructs
• impedes
• arrests
• destroys
• calls
• kiboshes
• aborts
• dams
• dissolves
• detains
• squashes
• stanches
• kills
• scuttles
• stunts
• squelches
• abolishes
• blockades
• demolishes
• snuffs
• annuls

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continues
• runs on
• carries on
• advances
• proceeds
• progresses
• keeps up
• follows through (with)
• drives
• stirs
• impels
• propels
• actuates

2

as in abandons

to stop doing (something) permanently

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abandons
• quits
• drops
• has done (with)
• discontinues
• packs (up or in)
• ends
• lays off (of)
• gives up
• breaks off
• hangs it up
• shuts off
• finishes
• concludes
• leaves off
• tapers off
• ceases
• breaks up
• expires
• closes
• throws up
• pauses
• halts
• winds up
• rounds (off or out)
• wraps up
• terminates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continues
• maintains
• keeps
• carries on
• goes
• keeps up
• runs on
• hangs in
• hangs on
• persists
• holds on
• stays
• resumes
• begins
• preserves
• starts
• renews
• follows through (with)
• commences
• perseveres
• reopens
• restarts

3

as in subtracts

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

a proposal to knock 10 cents off the gasoline tax

Synonyms & Similar Words

• subtracts
• deducts
• takes off
• reduces
• discounts
• cuts down
• decreases
• knocks down
• abates
• cuts back
• diminishes
• clips
• crops
• lessens
• prunes
• dwindles
• lowers
• slashes
• shortens
• downsizes
• truncates
• cuts
• docks
• pares
• abbreviates
• curtails
• abridges
• trims
• retrenches
• whittles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adds
• tacks (on)
• adjoins
• complements
• supplements
• appends
• annexes
• enhances
• increases
• intensifies
• heightens
• raises
• expands
• magnifies
• augments
• compounds
• amplifies
• boosts
• enlarges
• escalates
• multiplies
• beefs (up)
• aggrandizes

4

as in robs

to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• robs
• steals (from)
• knocks over
• rips off
• takes off
• burglarizes
• sacks
• rifles
• burgles
• breaks in
• strips
• sticks up
• loots
• plunders
• exploits
• cheats
• plucks
• ransacks
• despoils
• defrauds
• spoils
• sticks
• shortchanges
• squeezes
• ravishes
• stings
• bleeds
• swindles
• chisels
• holds up
• fleeces
• hustles
• cozens
• pillages
• skins
• mulcts
• rolls
• rooks
• mugs

5

as in murders

to put to death deliberately

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murders
• assassinates
• slays
• executes
• rubs out
• puts away
• kills
• takes out
• dispatches
• gets
• bumps off
• neutralizes
• does away with
• offs
• blows away
• does in
• snuffs
• whacks
• terminates
• destroys
• cuts down
• liquidates
• ices
• slaughters
• shoots
• croaks
• shoots down
• carries off
• blots out
• mows (down)
• wipes out
• claims
• zaps
• eliminates
• smites
• butchers
• massacres
• fells
• eradicates
• annihilates
• exterminates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raises
• restores
• revives
• animates
• resurrects
• resuscitates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of knocks off

All of the Jays’ run-scoring knocks off Weathers also came on two-strike counts. —Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026

Now my son toddles up to the bookshelf and casually knocks off Corduroy, The Cat in the Hat, This Pigeon Needs a Bath, Baby Beluga. —Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026

If Texas basketball knocks off defending national champion Florida Wednesday at Moody Center, should that guarantee the Longhorns a spot in the NCAA Tournament? —Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026