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Synonyms of knock in English:
knock
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verb
1‘he knocked on the door marked ‘Inquiries’’
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bang, tap, rap, thump, pound, hammer
strike, hit, beat, batter, buffet, pummel
2‘she knocked her knee painfully on the table’
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bump, bang, hit, strike, crack
injure, hurt, damage, bruise
informal bash, thwack
3‘he knocked into an elderly man with a walking stick’
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collide with, bump into, bang into, knock against, hit, strike, be in collision with, run into, crash into, smash into, plough into, slam into, dash against, ram, jolt
North American impact
informal bash into
4‘I'm not knocking the company—it's first-class’
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criticize, find fault with, run down, disparage, belittle, depreciate, deprecate, detract from, give a bad press to, cast aspersions on, scoff at, deride, jeer at, carp at, cavil at
lambast, censure, condemn, denounce, revile, attack
informal slam, pan, bash, pull to pieces, pull apart, pick holes in, maul, savage, flay, throw brickbats at, shoot down, give something a battering, talk something down, have a go at, bad-mouth
British informal slate, rubbish, slag off
North American informal trash, pummel
Australian, New Zealand informal bag
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praise
noun
1‘there was a sharp knock at the door’
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tap, rap, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, knocking, bang, banging, beating, pounding, hammering, drumming, thump, thud
2‘the casing is tough enough to withstand knocks’
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bump, blow, bang, striking, beating, jolt, jar, jarring, shock
collision, crash, smash, impact
3‘a knock on the ear’
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blow, bang, stroke, hit, slap, smack, crack, buffet, punch, cuff, thump, box
informal clip, clout, wallop, thwack, belt, bash
4‘this isn't a knock on Dave, he's the best player we've got’
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criticism, disparagement, stricture, fault-finding, denigration, censure, reproach, reproval, condemnation, lambasting
informal slamming, panning, slagging off, flak, brickbats
British informal rubbishing, slating
ANTONYMS
praise
5‘life's hard knocks’
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setback, reversal, reverse of fortune, rebuff, rejection, defeat, failure, difficulty, misfortune, bad luck, stroke of bad luck, mishap, bad experience, blow, body blow, disaster, calamity, disappointment, grief, sorrow, trouble, hardship
informal kick in the teeth, one in the eye, whammy
Phrases
- knock something up
1‘I could knock up some frames’
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make quickly, put together quickly, prepare hastily, build rapidly, whip up, rig up, jerry-build, throw together, cobble together, improvise, devise, contrive
make, prepare, produce, get, get ready, assemble, put together
informal fix, rustle up
2‘Gloucester knocked up their biggest win of the season’
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achieve, attain, accomplish, gain, win, succeed in making, reach, make, get, obtain
score, chalk up, tally, record
informal clock up, notch up, rack up, bag
1‘I hit him with the axe and knocked him out’
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stun, strike unconscious, knock unconscious, render unconscious, knock senseless, stupefy, daze, lay out, floor, prostrate, level
informal KO, kayo, knock cold, put out cold
2‘England had been knocked out of the World Cup’
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eliminate
beat, defeat, vanquish, overwhelm, overthrow, overcome, get the better of, trounce
3‘walking that far knocked her out’
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exhaust, wear out, tire out, overtire, overtax, tire, fatigue, weary, enervate, drain, sap, debilitate, enfeeble, prostrate
informal do in, take it out of, fag out, frazzle
British informal knacker
North American informal poop
4‘the view from my window knocked me out’
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overwhelm, overpower, stun, stupefy, amaze, astound, astonish, stagger, take someone's breath away, leave someone open-mouthed, dumbfound, confound, take aback
impress, dazzle, enchant, entrance
informal bowl over, flabbergast, knock sideways, knock for six, hit like a ton of bricks, floor, blow away
1‘someone knocked off the video recorder’
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steal, purloin, take, make off with, abscond with, pilfer, misappropriate
thieve, rob
informal nab, snitch, snaffle, swipe, filch, lift, souvenir
British informal pinch, nick, half-inch, whip, nobble
North American informal heist, glom
Australian informal snavel
West Indian informal tief
2‘we expect you to knock off three stories a day’
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produce, make, turn out, create, construct, assemble, fashion, put together, fabricate
complete, finish
mass-produce
3‘I've always been able to knock off several years from my age’
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deduct, take off, subtract, take away, dock, debit, remove
ANTONYMS
add on
‘‘Oh, knock it off,’ she snapped’
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stop it
cut it out, give it a rest, leave off, pack it in, lay off, quit
British give over
‘they knock off at 5 o'clock’
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stop work, finish work, finish working, clock off, close shop, shut down, leave work, finish the working day
take a break, break, break off, rest, pause, stop, halt, finish
informal call it a day, have a breather, take five
ANTONYMS
clock on
‘she knocked back her gin’
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swallow, gulp down, drink up, swill down, swill, quaff, guzzle, toss off, consume, finish
informal down, swig
British informal get one's laughing gear round
North American informal scarf, scarf down, scarf up, snarf, snarf down, snarf up, chug
rare ingurgitate, bib
1‘the shop was closed and knocked down’
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demolish, pull down, bring down, take down, tear down, destroy
raze, raze to the ground, level, flatten, knock to the ground, topple, fell, bulldoze
2‘the firm has knocked down the prices of its machines’
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reduce, lower, cut, decrease, bring down, drop, put down, diminish, mark down
informal slash, down
‘the person who slugged me was the one who knocked off Maloney’
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kill, murder, assassinate, do to death, do away with, make away with, get rid of, dispose of, eliminate, liquidate, terminate, finish off
informal do in, bump off, top, polish off, croak, stiff
North American informal waste, blow away, ice, off, rub out
literary slay
1‘for a couple of years we knocked about the Mediterranean’
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wander, roam, rove, range, travel, travel idly, journey, voyage, globetrot, drift, coast, meander, gad about, gallivant, jaunt, take a trip, go on a trip
ramble, stroll, saunter, maunder, amble, traipse, dawdle, potter
traverse, travel round, roam around, range over
rare peregrinate, perambulate, vagabond
2‘she knocked around with artists’
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associate, consort, keep company, go around, mix, socialize, have dealings, have to do with, accompany, escort
be friends, be friendly
informal hobnob, hang out, run around, be thick with, chum around, pal around, pal up
1‘we were knocked up at five in the morning’
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wake, wake up, waken, awaken, call, rouse, arouse, get out of bed, get up
informal give someone a shout
2‘he's going to marry her—he's knocked her up’
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make pregnant, impregnate, inseminate
informal put in the family way
British informal get in the club
archaic get with child
‘they were knocking up before the tennis match’
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warm up, practise, have a practice game, hit a ball around
‘her husband was a brute who used to knock her about’
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beat up, beat, batter, strike, hit, punch, thump, thrash, smack, slap, cuff, buffet, pummel, belabour
maltreat, mistreat, abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, treat roughly, assault, attack, maul, manhandle
injure, damage, cause injury to, hurt, harm, wound, bruise
North American beat up on
informal rough up, do over, lay into, lace into, give someone a hiding, clobber, clout, bash, belt, whack, wallop, sock, plug, deck
archaic smite
‘two men knocked him down’
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fell, floor, flatten, bring down, prostrate, topple, knock to the ground, throw to the ground, rugby-tackle
mug, attack, assault, set upon, beat up
knock over, run over, run down
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