Meanings
plural knockoffs · alternative knock-off · alternative knock off
- attributiveoftenAn imitation of something, particularly a well-known product, usually of lower quality and price than the original.
He tried to sell us some knockoff watches.
2 more examples
It's not a name-brand bag; it's just a cheap knockoff.
But then there's knockoffs of famous brands like Pizza Huh, Sunbucks, McDnoald's. OFC!? Wow, that's wrong on so many levels. Well, at least this Apple store looks like it has something good to eat.
2015 June 24, “Top 10 Chinese Knockoffs of Foreign Products” (00:04:33 from the start), in China Uncensored, spoken by Chris Chappell (himself), America Uncovered LLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn imitation of something, particularly a well-known product, usually of lower quality and price than the original.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Deverbal from knock off.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 山寨, 冒牌貨 /冒牌货
- 山寨 (shānzhài)imitation of something
- 冒牌貨 /冒牌货 (màopáihuò)imitation of something
- 仿製品 /仿制品 (fǎngzhìpǐn)imitation of something
- 仿冒品 (fǎngmàopǐn)imitation of something
Dutch namaak, nepper
- namaakimitation of something
- nepperimitation of something
Finnish jäljitelmä
- jäljitelmäimitation of something
French faux, imitation
- fauximitation of something
- imitationimitation of something
German Imitat, Fälschung
- Imitatimitation of something
- Fälschungimitation of something
Greek μαϊμού
- μαϊμού (maïmoú)imitation of something
Hungarian másolat, koppintás
- másolatimitation of something
- koppintásimitation of something
Indonesian tiruan, jiplakan
- tiruanimitation of something
- jiplakanimitation of something
- salinanimitation of something
Italian imitazione
- imitazioneimitation of something
Japanese ぱくり
- ぱくり (pakuri)imitation of something
Polish podróbka
- podróbkaimitation of something
Portuguese imitação
- imitaçãoimitation of something
Russian подделка
- подделка (poddelka)imitation of something
Spanish imitación
- imitaciónimitation of something
Swedish kopia
- kopiaimitation of something
Thai ของปลอม, ของเก๊
- ของปลอมimitation of something
- ของเก๊imitation of something
- ของก๊อปimitation of something
- จีนแดง (jiin-dɛɛng)imitation of something
- เซินเจิ้นimitation of something
Turkish çakma
- çakmaimitation of something
Vietnamese hàng nhái, hàng giả
- hàng nháiimitation of something
- hàng giảimitation of something
- hàng giả hiệuimitation of something
Cite this entry
knockoff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knockoff
“knockoff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knockoff. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “knockoff,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knockoff.
Source: knockoff on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.