knocks off

The phrase “knocks off” has 2 syllables: knocks off

It's pronounced as /nɑks ɔf/


What is synonym and antonym for knocks off?

In the thesaurus, “knocks off” has 173 synonyms and 55 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for knocks off along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for knocks off

  • abandons
  • abates
  • abbreviates
  • abolishes
  • aborts
  • abridges
  • annihilates
  • annuls
  • arrests
  • assassinates
  • bleeds
  • blockades
  • blocks
  • blots out
  • blows away
  • brakes
  • breaks
  • breaks in
  • breaks off
  • breaks up
  • bumps off
  • burglarizes
  • burgles
  • butchers
  • calls
  • cans
  • carries off
  • ceases
  • cheats
  • checks
  • chisels
  • claims
  • clamps down
  • clips
  • closes
  • completes
  • concludes
  • cozens
  • croaks
  • crops
  • curtails
  • cuts
  • cuts back
  • cuts down
  • cuts off
  • cuts out
  • dams
  • deactivates
  • decreases
  • deducts
  • defrauds
  • delays
  • demolishes
  • despoils
  • destroys
  • detains
  • diminishes
  • discontinues
  • discounts
  • dispatches
  • dissolves
  • docks
  • does away with
  • does in
  • downsizes
  • drops
  • dwindles
  • eliminates
  • ends
  • eradicates
  • executes
  • expires
  • exploits
  • exterminates
  • fells
  • finishes
  • fleeces
  • gets
  • gives over
  • gives up
  • halts
  • hangs it up
  • has done with
  • hinders
  • holds
  • holds back
  • holds up
  • hustles
  • ices
  • impedes
  • kiboshes
  • kills
  • knocks down
  • knocks over
  • lays off
  • leaves off
  • lessens
  • liquidates
  • loots
  • lowers
  • massacres
  • mugs
  • mulcts
  • murders
  • neutralizes
  • obstructs
  • offs
  • pares
  • pauses
  • pillages
  • plucks
  • plunders
  • prunes
  • puts away
  • puts the kibosh on
  • quits
  • ransacks
  • ravishes
  • reduces
  • retrenches
  • rifles
  • rips off
  • robs
  • rolls
  • rooks
  • rubs out
  • ruins
  • sacks
  • scuttles
  • shoots
  • shoots down
  • shortchanges
  • shortens
  • shuts off
  • skins
  • slashes
  • slaughters
  • slays
  • smites
  • snuffs
  • spoils
  • squashes
  • squeezes
  • squelches
  • stamps
  • stanches
  • staunches
  • stays
  • stems
  • sticks
  • sticks up
  • stings
  • stops
  • strips
  • stunts
  • subtracts
  • suppresses
  • suspends
  • swindles
  • takes off
  • takes out
  • tapers off
  • terminates
  • throws up
  • trims
  • truncates
  • turns back
  • whacks
  • whittles
  • winds up
  • wipes out
  • wraps up
  • zaps

Antonyms for knocks off

  • actuates
  • adds
  • adjoins
  • advances
  • aggrandizes
  • amplifies
  • animates
  • annexes
  • appends
  • augments
  • begins
  • boosts
  • carries on
  • commences
  • complements
  • compounds
  • continues
  • drives
  • enhances
  • enlarges
  • escalates
  • expands
  • goes
  • hangs in
  • hangs on
  • heightens
  • holds on
  • impels
  • increases
  • intensifies
  • keeps
  • keeps up
  • magnifies
  • maintains
  • multiplies
  • perseveres
  • persists
  • preserves
  • proceeds
  • progresses
  • propels
  • raises
  • renews
  • reopens
  • restarts
  • restores
  • resumes
  • resurrects
  • resuscitates
  • revives
  • runs on
  • starts
  • stays
  • stirs
  • supplements

Example Sentences

  • He knocks off work at exactly five every day.
  • The wind knocks off the hat from her head.
  • She knocks off several items from her to-do list before lunch.
  • The boxer knocks off his opponent in the second round.
  • That store knocks off designer brands and sells them cheaply.

On this page you'll find 228 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to knocks off, such as: abandons, abates, abbreviates, abolishes, aborts, abridges, actuates.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abandons

abates

eats alive

  • annihilates
  • beats
  • beats the pants off
  • bests
  • betters
  • blows away
  • bombs
  • breaks
  • buries
  • caps
  • clobbers
  • conquers
  • creams
  • crushes
  • destroys
  • dispatches
  • does in
  • drubs
  • dusts
  • eclipses
  • exceeds
  • excels
  • finishes
  • flattens
  • flourishes
  • hurdles
  • knocks off
  • knocks over
  • licks
  • masters
  • noses out
  • outdistances
  • outdoes
  • outfights
  • outshines
  • outstrips
  • overbears
  • overcomes
  • overmatches
  • overpowers
  • overthrows
  • overtops
  • overwhelms
  • pastes
  • pips
  • routs
  • runs circles around
  • runs rings around
  • scores
  • shellacs
  • sinks
  • skins
  • skunks
  • slaughters
  • smokes
  • smothers
  • snows under
  • subdues
  • subjugates
  • succeeds
  • surmounts
  • surpasses
  • sweeps
  • takes
  • thrashes
  • throws
  • tops
  • transcends
  • trims
  • tromps
  • trounces
  • upends
  • upsets
  • vanquishes
  • wallops
  • waxes
  • whaps
  • whips
  • whomps
  • whops
  • whups
  • wipes the floor with
  • wipes the ground with
  • worsts

ices

  • annihilates
  • assassinates
  • assures
  • attests
  • blots out
  • blows away
  • bumps off
  • butchers
  • carries off
  • certifies
  • cinches
  • claims
  • croaks
  • cuts down
  • destroys
  • dispatches
  • does away with
  • does in
  • eliminates
  • ensures
  • eradicates
  • executes
  • exterminates
  • fells
  • gets
  • guarantees
  • guaranties
  • insures
  • kills
  • knocks off
  • liquidates
  • massacres
  • murders
  • neutralizes
  • offs
  • pledges
  • promises
  • puts away
  • rubs out
  • secures
  • shoots
  • shoots down
  • slaughters
  • slays
  • smites
  • snuffs
  • swears
  • takes out
  • terminates
  • vouches
  • warrants
  • whacks
  • wipes out
  • witnesses
  • zaps

dead ends

  • Mexican standoffs
  • abates
  • alleys
  • alleyways
  • arterials
  • arteries
  • avenues
  • backstreets
  • binds
  • bites the dust
  • bottlenecks
  • boulevards
  • branches
  • breaks down
  • breaks off
  • breaks up
  • bystreets
  • byways
  • carriageways
  • causeways
  • ceases
  • circles
  • closes
  • concludes
  • corners
  • corridors
  • crossroads
  • cul-de-sacs
  • culs-de-sac
  • cuts out
  • deadlocks
  • determines
  • dies
  • difficulties
  • dilemmas
  • discontinues
  • drags
  • drives
  • elapses
  • ends
  • expires
  • expressways
  • finishes
  • fixes
  • freeways
  • gives over
  • goes
  • gridlocks
  • halts
  • high roads
  • highways
  • holes
  • impasses
  • jams
  • knocks off
  • lanes
  • laneways
  • lapses
  • leaves off
  • lets up
  • logjams
  • mews
  • morasses
  • passes
  • pauses
  • pickles
  • pike
  • pikes
  • pinches
  • places
  • plights
  • predicaments
  • problems
  • quagmires
  • quandaries
  • quits
  • roads
  • roadways
  • routes
  • rows
  • secondary roads
  • shunpikes
  • side roads
  • side streets
  • spots
  • stalemates
  • stalls
  • standoffs
  • standstills
  • stays
  • stops
  • suspends
  • terminates
  • thoroughfares
  • thruways
  • traces
  • tracks
  • trails
  • turnpikes
  • ways
  • winds down
  • winds up

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