knap
The word “knap” has 1 syllable: knap
It's pronounced as /næp/
What is synonym and antonym for knap?
In the thesaurus, “knap” has 48 synonyms and 4 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for knap along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for knap
- abate
- beat
- boast
- bulge
- bump
- carve
- chase
- chisel
- coin
- convexedness
- convexity
- cut
- draw
- dune
- elevation
- eminence
- excrescence
- fashion
- forge
- form
- gibbosity
- grave
- hammer
- hew
- hill
- hummock
- hunch
- knead
- knob
- knurl
- kyphosis
- mint
- model
- mold
- mound
- pat
- planish
- pound
- prominence
- protrusion
- protuberance
- ridge
- sculpt
- sculpture
- stamp
- swell
- tumescence
- work
Antonyms for knap
- depression
- ditch
- flat
- unimportance
Meanings of knap
- noun
- A sharp blow or slap.
- A protuberance; a swelling; a knob.
- The crest of a hill.
- A small hill.
- verb
- To shape a brittle material having conchoidal fracture, usually a mineral (flint, obsidian, chert etc.), by breaking away flakes, often forming a sharp edge or point.
- To rap or strike sharply.
- To bite; to bite off; to break short.
- To make a sound of snapping.
Example Sentences
- He heard a loud knap when the twig snapped under his foot.
- The sound of the hammer's knap echoed through the workshop.
- The old chair made a strange knap when she sat down.
- She gave the door a gentle knap to get someone’s attention.
- The knap of the firewood breaking was the only sound in the quiet night.
On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to knap, such as: abate, beat, boast, bulge, bump, carve, chase.
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Related Words
hammer
- abate
- abuse
- admonish
- assail
- assault
- attack
- bad-mouth
- bang
- bash
- baste
- bastinade
- bastinado
- bat
- baton
- batter
- bawl out
- bean
- bear down
- beat
- beat up on
- beetle
- belabor
- belittle
- belt
- berate
- beset
- biff
- billy
- billy club
- birch
- blackjack
- blame
- blast
- bludgeon
- boast
- bob
- bonk
- bop
- box
- brain
- buffet
- bump
- bung
- bung up
- bunt
- bust
- butt
- call down
- cane
- carve
- castigate
- censure
- chase
- chastise
- chew out
- chide
- chisel
- chop
- clap
- clip
- clobber
- clock
- clout
- club
- coin
- condemn
- conk
- cowhide
- crabstick
- crack
- cream
- create
- criticize
- crook
- crosier
- crozier
- crucify
- cudgel
- cuff
- curry
- cut
- deck
- defeat
- denounce
- dis
- disparage
- diss
- do
- draw
- dress down
- drive
- drub
- dump
- excoriate
- fashion
- fault
- fell
- fib
- flagellate
- flail
- flay
- flick
- flog
- floor
- forge
- form
- fustigate
- gavel
- gore
- grave
- hang one on
- harangue
- hew
- hickory
- hide
- hit
- horsewhip
- jab
- jaw
- jostle
- keelhaul
- kick
- knap
- knead
- knee
- knobkerrie
- knock
- knock down
- lace
- lacerate
- lam
- lambast
- lambaste
- lash
- lather
- lay into
- lay on
- leather
- lecture
- level
- lick
- mace
- maim
- make
- mallet
- mangle
- maul
- mint
- mock
- model
- mold
- mutilate
- nail
- nightstick
- paddle
- pan
- paste
- pat
- pelt
- pepper
- pistol-whip
- planish
- poke
- pommel
- pound
- prod
- pummel
- punch
- punch out
- push
- put down
- rabbit-punch
- rag
- raid
- rap
- rate
- rattan
- rawhide
- rebuke
- reprehend
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprove
- revile
- ridicule
- rod
- rough
- rung
- rush
- sap
- scoff
- scold
- score
- scorn
- scourge
- scuff
- sculpt
- sculpture
- shape
- shillalah
- shillelagh
- shove
- skull
- slam
- slap
- slash
- slate
- sledge
- sledgehammer
- slog
- slug
- smack
- smash
- smite
- sock
- spank
- spear
- stab
- staff
- stamp
- stave
- storm
- strap
- strike
- stroke
- sucker punch
- swat
- swipe
- switch
- tag
- take to task
- tan
- tap
- thrash
- thresh
- thump
- thwack
- tongue-lash
- tromp
- trounce
- truncheon
- upbraid
- vituperate
- waddy
- walking stick
- wallop
- whack
- whale
- wham
- whangee
- whap
- whip
- whomp
- whop
- whup
- work
- work over
- wound
- zap