knobs

The word “knobs” has 1 syllable: knobs

It's pronounced as /nɑbz/


What is synonym and antonym for knobs?

In the thesaurus, “knobs” has 32 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for knobs along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for knobs

  • beads
  • bits
  • blobs
  • blocks
  • bodies
  • bulks
  • chips
  • chunks
  • clods
  • clots
  • clumps
  • crumbs
  • dollops
  • drops
  • globs
  • globules
  • gobbets
  • gobs
  • granules
  • hunks
  • lumps
  • morsels
  • nubbins
  • nubbles
  • nubs
  • nuggets
  • particles
  • patches
  • pieces
  • portions
  • scraps
  • wads

Meanings of knobs

  • noun
    1. A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.
    2. A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.
    3. A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand.
    4. A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.
    5. A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.
    6. A prominent rounded hill.
    7. (chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
    8. The penis.
    9. The head of the penis; the glans.
    10. (by analogy with above) A contemptible person.
    11. A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter).
    12. A chunky branch-like piece, especially of a ginger rhizome.
    13. A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves.

Example Sentences

  • The cabinet had shiny brass knobs that gleamed in the sunlight.
  • She turned the knobs on the stove to adjust the heat.
  • The old radio had several knobs for tuning and volume control.
  • He accidentally broke one of the knobs on his guitar.
  • The drawer was stuck because the knobs were loose and worn out.

On this page you'll find 32 synonyms or another words to knobs, such as: beads, bits, blobs, blocks, bodies, bulks, chips.

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

Related Words

wads

  • abundances
  • agglomerates
  • armies
  • balls
  • barrels
  • basketfuls
  • basketsful
  • beads
  • bevies
  • bits
  • blobs
  • blocks
  • boatloads
  • bodies
  • bonanzas
  • buckets
  • bulks
  • bunches
  • bundles
  • bushels
  • carloads
  • chips
  • chunks
  • clods
  • clots
  • clumps
  • crams
  • crowds
  • crumbs
  • crushes
  • deals
  • deluges
  • dollops
  • dozen
  • dozens
  • drops
  • droves
  • embarrassments
  • epidemics
  • excesses
  • fistfuls
  • flocks
  • floods
  • gazillions
  • globs
  • globules
  • gobbets
  • gobs
  • good deals
  • granules
  • heaps
  • herds
  • hordes
  • hosts
  • hundred
  • hundreds
  • hunks
  • jillions
  • kazillions
  • knobs
  • lashings
  • lashins
  • legions
  • loads
  • lots
  • lumps
  • masses
  • messes
  • million
  • millions
  • mobs
  • morsels
  • mountains
  • much
  • multiplicities
  • multitudes
  • myriads
  • nubbins
  • nubbles
  • nubs
  • nuggets
  • oodles
  • overabundances
  • overages
  • overflows
  • overkills
  • overmuch
  • oversupplies
  • packs
  • particles
  • passels
  • patches
  • pearls
  • pecks
  • pelletizes
  • pellets
  • pieces
  • piles
  • plagues
  • platefuls
  • plenitudes
  • plenties
  • plentitudes
  • plethoras
  • portions
  • potfuls
  • pots
  • presses
  • profusions
  • quantities
  • quite a bit
  • rafts
  • rashes
  • reams
  • redundancies
  • rolls
  • rounds
  • scads
  • scores
  • scraps
  • seas
  • sheaves
  • shiploads
  • sights
  • slews
  • spates
  • spheres
  • stacks
  • stores
  • superabundances
  • superfluities
  • surfeits
  • surpluses
  • swarms
  • thousands
  • throngs
  • tons
  • trillions
  • truckloads
  • volumes
  • wealths
  • yards
  • zillions

obtrusions

  • blobs
  • blocks
  • bulges
  • bumps
  • bunches
  • convexities
  • dilatations
  • domes
  • enlargements
  • escalations
  • expansions
  • gibbosities
  • hills
  • humps
  • increases
  • juts
  • knobs
  • knots
  • knurls
  • lumps
  • mounds
  • nubs
  • overhangs
  • pieces
  • portions
  • projections
  • protrusions
  • protuberances
  • puffs
  • sections
  • snags
  • swellings
  • swells

warts

  • blisters
  • blobs
  • boils
  • bruises
  • bumps
  • chunks
  • clods
  • clumps
  • contusions
  • gobbets
  • gobs
  • growths
  • humps
  • hunches
  • hunks
  • knobs
  • knots
  • lumps
  • nodes
  • nodules
  • nubbles
  • nubs
  • nuggets
  • swellings
  • tumors
  • wads
  • welts

elevations

  • advancements
  • aggrandizements
  • alps
  • altitudes
  • ascents
  • bluffs
  • buttes
  • cliffs
  • crags
  • creations
  • domes
  • downs
  • eminences
  • ennoblements
  • exaltations
  • foothills
  • glorifications
  • heights
  • highlands
  • hillocks
  • hills
  • hummocks
  • humps
  • knobs
  • knolls
  • magnifications
  • mesas
  • mounds
  • mountains
  • mounts
  • peaks
  • plateaus
  • plateaux
  • precipices
  • preferences
  • preferments
  • prominences
  • promotions
  • ridges
  • rises
  • sierras
  • steeps
  • sugarloafs
  • sugarloaves
  • tablelands
  • tables
  • tors
  • upgrades
  • uplands

actuators

  • buttons
  • controllers
  • controls
  • dials
  • keys
  • knobs
  • levers
  • push buttons
  • regulators
  • selectors
  • switches

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