knock-offs
Counterfeit designer items
Knock-offs are imitation products made to resemble expensive or brand-name goods, typically sold at lower prices: The street vendors were selling knock-off handbags.
The term implies inferior quality or unauthorized copying.
As a verb phrase, to knock off means to produce such imitations, or more generally to stop work: Let's knock off early today.
Illegally produced goods
- fakeNot the real thing
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- piratedCopied without authorization
- unauthorizedNot officially permitted
illicit · contraband · black-market · infringement · piracy · smuggled · counterfeit · falsified
Involving intentional dishonesty
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- shamFraudulent imitation
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
- bogusCounterfeit or fraudulent
misleading · deceitful · hoax · duped · swindle · con · misrepresented · bait-and-switch
Faithful scaled reproduction
- copyIdentical reproduction made
- dupeDeceive or victim
- lookalikeOne who closely resembles another
- cloneGenetically identical organism
reproduction · facsimile · duplicate · copycat · simulacrum · mock · ersatz · faux
Offering of respect
- fast-fashionCheap, trend-driven apparel industry
- mass-marketFor widespread commercial sale
Of poor craftsmanship
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
- low-qualitySubstandard in nature
- inferiorOf lower rank
- substandardBelow required quality
cut-rate · second-rate · tacky · dollar-store · disposable · plastic · junky · chintzy
bootleg
Illegally produced goods
unauthorized · illicit · contraband · black-market · infringement · piracy · smuggled · counterfeit · falsified · confiscated
fraudulent
Involving intentional dishonesty
bogus · misleading · deceitful · hoax · duped · swindle · con · misrepresented · bait-and-switch · hustled
replica
Faithful scaled reproduction
clone · reproduction · facsimile · duplicate · copycat · simulacrum · mock · ersatz · faux · substitute
tribute
Offering of respect
- fast-fashionCheap, trend-driven apparel industry
- mass-marketFor widespread commercial sale
shoddy
Of poor craftsmanship
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
- low-qualitySubstandard in nature
- inferiorOf lower rank
substandard · cut-rate · second-rate · tacky · dollar-store · disposable · plastic · junky · chintzy · rickety
- black marketblack market, illegal trade, smugglers, contraband, traffickers
- piracysoftware piracy, pirates, torrents, book piracy, buccaneers
- bargain goodscloseout, clearance, liquidation, markdown, discounts
- design IPdesign patent, design patents, industrial design, ornamental design, aesthetic design
knock-offsoriginals
Authentic first versions
prototypes · first editions · innovations · archetypes · inventions
knock-offscouture
Custom high-fashion design
heirloom quality · luxury goods · luxury items · artisanal goods · artisanal products