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knells

The word “knells” has 1 syllable: knells

It's pronounced as /nɛlz/

What is synonym and antonym for knells?

In the thesaurus, “knells” has 62 synonyms and 1 antonym.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for knells along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for knells

  • announcements
  • bongs
  • buoys
  • cautions
  • chimes
  • chinks
  • clangors
  • clangs
  • clanks
  • claps
  • clashes
  • clinkety-clanks
  • clinks
  • clip-clops
  • clops
  • clumps
  • clunks
  • cracks
  • crashes
  • crunches
  • declarations
  • ding-dongs
  • dings
  • echoes
  • foretastes
  • foretokens
  • gongs
  • indicators
  • jangles
  • jingles
  • notices
  • notifications
  • omens
  • peals
  • pings
  • plinks
  • plonks
  • plunks
  • portents
  • premonitions
  • presages
  • rattles
  • red flags
  • red lights
  • resonates
  • resounds
  • reverberates
  • rings
  • signals
  • signs
  • tangs
  • thumps
  • tingles
  • tinkles
  • tintinnabulations
  • tip-offs
  • tocsins
  • tolls
  • twangs
  • wake-up calls
  • warnings
  • whangs

Antonyms for knells

  • all clears

Meanings of knells

  • noun
    1. The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).
    2. A sign of the end or demise of something or someone.
  • verb
    1. To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.
    2. To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell.
    3. To summon by, or as if by, ringing a bell.

Example Sentences

  • The bell knells every evening at sunset.
  • A heavy silence followed as the church bell knells in the distance.
  • The sound of the knells echoed through the valley like a warning.
  • As the funeral procession passed, the tower knells solemnly.
  • Each time the bell knells, it brings a sense of finality.

On this page you'll find 63 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to knells, such as: all clears, announcements, bongs, buoys, cautions, chimes, chinks.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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jangles

  • babbles
  • blabbers
  • blathers
  • bleats
  • blithers
  • bongs
  • bumbles
  • chats
  • chatters
  • chimes
  • chinks
  • chunters
  • clangs
  • clanks
  • clashes
  • clinks
  • ding-dongs
  • dings
  • drivels
  • drools
  • echoes
  • gabbles
  • gabs
  • gibbers
  • gongs
  • jabbers
  • jaws
  • jingles
  • knells
  • maunders
  • mouths
  • mumbles
  • murmurs
  • mutters
  • patters
  • peals
  • pings
  • plinks
  • plonks
  • plunks
  • prates
  • prattles
  • rattles
  • resonates
  • resounds
  • reverberates
  • rings
  • runs on
  • screeches
  • shouts
  • shrieks
  • smatters
  • sputters
  • stammers
  • stutters
  • tangs
  • tingles
  • tinkles
  • tittle-tattles
  • tolls
  • trolls
  • yacks
  • yaks

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hails

  • acclaims
  • accredits
  • adulates
  • applauds
  • approves
  • asks
  • assembles
  • avalanches
  • ballyhoos
  • barrages
  • beckons
  • belauds
  • bids
  • blitzes
  • blitzkriegs
  • bombardments
  • bravoes
  • broadsides
  • bursts
  • buzzes
  • calls
  • calls out
  • calls up
  • cannonades
  • cataclysms
  • cataracts
  • celebrates
  • cheers
  • cites
  • claps
  • commands
  • commends
  • convenes
  • convokes
  • cracks up
  • currents
  • deifies
  • deluges
  • demands
  • discharges
  • distances
  • drumbeats
  • drumfires
  • earfuls
  • emblazons
  • endorses
  • engulfments
  • eruptions
  • eulogizes
  • excesses
  • extolls
  • extols
  • favors
  • flatters
  • flood tides
  • floods
  • flurries
  • flushes
  • fusillades
  • glorifies
  • gluts
  • gushes
  • hearings
  • idolizes
  • indorses
  • inundations
  • invites
  • invokes
  • knells
  • lauds
  • magnifies
  • musters
  • orders
  • outbreaks
  • outbursts
  • outflows
  • outpourings
  • overabundances
  • overages
  • overflows
  • overkills
  • overmuch
  • overpraises
  • oversupplies
  • pages
  • praises
  • rains
  • rashes
  • recommends
  • requests
  • requisitions
  • rings
  • rivers
  • rushes
  • salutes
  • salvoes
  • salvos
  • sends for
  • showers
  • sights
  • sings
  • sounds
  • spates
  • storms
  • streams
  • subpoenas
  • summons
  • superabundances
  • superfluities
  • supports
  • surfeits
  • surges
  • surpluses
  • tides
  • torrents
  • touts
  • volleys
  • volumes
  • whistles

wake-up calls

  • announcements
  • buoys
  • cautions
  • declarations
  • foretastes
  • foretokens
  • indicators
  • knells
  • notices
  • notifications
  • omens
  • portents
  • premonitions
  • presages
  • red flags
  • red lights
  • signals
  • signs
  • tip-offs
  • tocsins
  • warnings

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