Synonyms and Antonyms of knock
1
to come into usually forceful contact with something
- my knee knocked against the table leg when I tried to get up quickly
bang, bash, bump, collide, crash, hit, impact, impinge, ram, slam, smash, strike, swipe, thud
bounce, carom, clunk, glance, rebound, ricochet, skim, skip
contact, land, touch
brush, graze, kiss, nudge, scrape, shave, sweep
bulldoze, jostle, muscle, press, push
2
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
- threatened to knock him upside the head if he didn't do as he was told
bang, bash, bat, belt, biff, bludgeon, bob, bonk, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clock, clout, crack, hammer, hit, nail, paste, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, tag, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale, zap
batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, rough
scuff
bunt, flick, stroke, tap
bump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stamp
bowl (down or over), cream, deck, dump [slang], fell, floor, knock down, level
rabbit-punch, sucker punch
cane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whip
bean, brain, conk, skull
3
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of
- hey, don't knock it until you've tried it
blame, censure, condemn, criticize, denounce, dis (also diss) [slang], dispraise, fault, pan, reprehend, slag [chiefly British]
