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

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

However, the Rangers erased the Yankees’ three-run lead in the bottom of the second, as former pinstriped prospects Josh Smith and Ezequiel Duran — traded for Joey Gallo in 2021 — had RBI knocks off Max Fried, with the latter tying the game. —Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025