knocking up

The phrase “knocking up” has 3 syllables: knock-ing up

It's pronounced as /ˈnɑːkɪŋ ʌp/


What is synonym and antonym for knocking up?

In the thesaurus, “knocking up” has 19 synonyms and 3 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for knocking up

  • agitating
  • arousing
  • awakening
  • awaking
  • bestirring
  • disturbing
  • exciting
  • provoking
  • raising
  • reawakening
  • reviving
  • rewaking
  • rousing
  • rousting
  • routing
  • stimulating
  • stirring
  • wakening
  • waking

Antonyms for knocking up

  • hypnotizing
  • lulling
  • mesmerizing

Example Sentences

  • He’s in the garage knocking up a quick shelf before dinner.
  • She got upset when rumors started about someone knocking up her daughter.
  • The carpenter was knocking up a prototype using spare wood.
  • I’m just knocking up a light lunch before heading out.
  • They accused him of knocking up his coworker, but it turned out to be false.

On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to knocking up, such as: agitating, arousing, awakening, awaking, bestirring, disturbing, exciting.

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

Related Words

wakening

  • activate
  • agitating
  • animate
  • arise
  • arising
  • arouse
  • arousing
  • awake
  • awaken
  • awakening
  • awaking
  • be roused
  • bestir
  • bestirring
  • bracing
  • bring to life
  • call
  • challenge
  • come to
  • disturbing
  • energizing
  • enliven
  • exciting
  • fire
  • fire up
  • freshen
  • galvanize
  • get out of bed
  • get up
  • getting up
  • grasp
  • invigorating
  • jazz up
  • key up
  • kindle
  • knocking up
  • notice
  • nudge
  • pep up
  • prod
  • provoke
  • provoking
  • quicken
  • raising
  • rally
  • reawakening
  • refreshing
  • renew
  • restorative
  • reviving
  • rewaking
  • rise
  • rise and shine
  • rising
  • roll out
  • rolling out
  • rouse
  • rousing
  • rousting
  • routing
  • see
  • shake
  • shifting
  • steam up
  • stimulant
  • stimulating
  • stimulative
  • stimulatory
  • stir
  • stir up
  • stirring
  • stretch
  • switch on
  • tumble out
  • turn out
  • turning out
  • understand
  • uprising
  • wake up
  • waking
  • watching
  • whet
  • zip up

waking

  • admonishing
  • advising
  • agitating
  • alert
  • alerting
  • apprising
  • arising
  • arousing
  • auguring
  • awake
  • awakening
  • awaking
  • bestirring
  • boding
  • bracing
  • cautioning
  • conscious
  • disturbing
  • energizing
  • exciting
  • forboding
  • foreboding
  • forecasting
  • foreshadowing
  • foretelling
  • foretokening
  • forewarning
  • getting up
  • harbingering
  • informing
  • invigorating
  • knocking up
  • notifying
  • portending
  • predicting
  • presaging
  • prognosticating
  • prophesying
  • provoking
  • raising
  • reawakening
  • refreshing
  • restorative
  • reviving
  • rewaking
  • rising
  • rolling out
  • rousing
  • rousting
  • routing
  • shifting
  • stimulant
  • stimulating
  • stimulative
  • stimulatory
  • stirring
  • turning out
  • uprising
  • wakened
  • wakening
  • warning
  • watching

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