When you buy something online, you never know if it will be the real McCoy or some cheap knockoff.
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Knockoff
Synonyms for "knockoff" (20 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
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Translations
33 translations across 18 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 仿冒品 noun (imitation of something)
- 仿製品 /仿制品 noun (imitation of something)
- 冒牌貨 /冒牌货 noun (imitation of something)
- 山寨 noun (imitation of something)
Dutch
2 entries- namaak noun (imitation of something)
- nepper noun (imitation of something)
Finnish
1 entries- jäljitelmä noun (imitation of something)
French
2 entries- faux noun (imitation of something)
- imitation noun (imitation of something)
German
2 entries- Fälschung noun (imitation of something)
- Imitat noun (imitation of something)
Greek
1 entries- μαϊμού noun (imitation of something)
Hungarian
2 entries- koppintás noun (imitation of something)
- másolat noun (imitation of something)
Indonesian
3 entries- jiplakan noun (imitation of something)
- salinan noun (imitation of something)
- tiruan noun (imitation of something)
Italian
1 entries- imitazione noun (imitation of something)
Japanese
1 entries- ぱくり noun (imitation of something)
Polish
1 entries- podróbka noun (imitation of something)
Portuguese
1 entries- imitação noun (imitation of something)
Russian
1 entries- подделка noun (imitation of something)
Spanish
1 entries- imitación noun (imitation of something)
Swedish
1 entries- kopia noun (imitation of something)
Thai
4 entries- ของก๊อป noun (imitation of something)
- ของปลอม noun (imitation of something)
- ของเก๊ noun (imitation of something)
- จีนแดง noun (imitation of something)
Turkish
1 entries- çakma noun (imitation of something)
Vietnamese
3 entries- hàng giả noun (imitation of something)
- hàng giả hiệu noun (imitation of something)
- hàng nhái noun (imitation of something)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
It's not a name-brand bag; it's just a cheap knockoff.
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He tried to sell us some knockoff watches.
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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.
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