knock

The word “knock” has 1 syllable: knock

It's pronounced as /nɑk/

What is synonym and antonym for knock?

In the thesaurus, “knock” has 337 synonyms and 43 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for knock

abuse
accident
admonish
adversity
affliction
alive
assail
attack
bad-mouth
bang
bash
bastinade
bastinado
bat
batter
battering
bean
beat
beat up
beating
beef
belittle
bellyache
belt
berate
biff
bitch
blame
blast
blow
bludgeon
bludgeoning
bob
body blow
bonk
bop
bounce
box
brain
breakdown
bruise
brush
buffet
bulldoze
bump
bung
bunt
bust
butt
calamity
cane
carom
carp
castigate
casualty
cataclysm
catastrophe
cavil
censure
chide
chop
circumstance
clap
clip
clobber
clobbering
clock
clout
club
clunk
collapse
collide
comedown
complain
condemn
condemnation
conk
contact
counter
counterblow
counterpunch
counterstroke
crab
crack
crash
cream
criticize
croak
crucify
cruncher
cudgel
cudgeling
cudgelling
cuff
curse
dab
damage
deck
decline
decry
defeat
denounce
denunciate
deprecate
deride
descent
destiny
dis
disappointment
disaster
discommend
disparage
dispraise
diss
distress
doom
douse
down
downfall
drub
drubbing
dump
evil
excoriate
failure
fall
fate
fault
fell
fillip
find fault
fizzle
flail
flak
flatten
flay
flick
flog
flogging
floor
frustration
fuss
gibbet
glance
graze
gripe
grouse
growl
grumble
hack
hammer
hammering
hand
hang one on
hardship
haymaker
hit
hook
hurt
ill
impact
impinge
injury
jab
jostle
kayo
keelhaul
kick
kiss
knee
knock down
knockdown
knockout
ko
kvetch
lace
lambast
lambaste
lambasting
land
lapse
larrup
lash
left
letdown
level
lick
licking
lot
maltreat
mangle
manhandle
maul
meltdown
misadventure
mischance
misery
misfortune
mishap
mistreat
moan
murmur
muscle
mutter
nail
niggle
nonsuccess
nudge
one-two
pan
paste
pasting
pelt
pepper
pick
pillory
plump
poke
pommel
portion
pound
pounding
press
prod
pummel
pummeling
pummelling
punch
push
put down
quibble
rabbit punch
rabbit-punch
ram
rap
rebound
rebuff
rebuke
recession
regression
rejection
relapse
reprehend
reprimand
reproach
reprobate
reprove
retrogression
reversal
reverse
reversion
ricochet
right
right-hander
rough
roughhouse
roundhouse
ruin
run down
sap
scold
scrape
scuff
setback
shave
shiver
shove
sidewinder
skewer
skim
skin
skip
skull
slag
slam
slap
slash
sledge
sledgehammer
slog
slug
smack
smash
smite
sock
sorrow
spank
spear
stab
stamp
stinger
stricture
strike
stripe
stroke
sucker punch
suffering
swat
sweep
swing
swipe
switch
tag
take to task
tap
thrash
thrashing
thud
thump
thwack
total
touch
tragedy
trial
tribulation
trouble
turnabout
turnaround
tweak
undoing
unhappiness
upbraid
uppercut
wallop
walloping
welt
whack
whale
wham
whap
whine
whip
whipping
whop
woe
wound
zap

Antonyms for knock

accomplishment
achievement
aid
approval
approve
assist
attainment
break
build up
chance
commend
compliment
endorse
exonerate
exoneration
extol
extoll
fluke
fortune
godsend
help
hit
indorse
laud
lose
luck
miss
opportunity
praise
protect
raise
ratification
recommend
sanction
serendipity
skirt
status quo
strike
stroke
success
treat well
win
windfall

Meanings of knock

noun
1. Sudden fatigue as a result of glycogen depletion from not having taken in enough nutrition.
2. An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
3. A sharp impact.
4. Criticism.
5. Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
6. A batsman's innings.
verb
1. To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
2. To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
3. To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
4. To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
5. To bump or impact.
6. To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.

Example Sentences

She heard a loud knock at the door late at night.
Please knock before entering the room.
The sound of a knock echoed through the empty hallway.
He gave a gentle knock on the window to get their attention.
The carpenter fixed the loose door that kept making a knock noise.

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