knockout
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Synonyms & Antonyms for knockout
Synonyms: Noun
babe [slang], beauty, beauty queen, cookie (or cooky), cutie (or cutey), dolly bird [British], enchantress, eyeful, fox, goddess, honey, queen, stunner
Synonyms: Adjective
aesthetic (also esthetic), attractive, beauteous, beautiful, bonny (also bonnie) [chiefly British], comely, cute, drop-dead, fair, fetching, good, good-looking, goodly, gorgeous, handsome, likely, lovely, lovesome, pretty, ravishing, seemly, sightly, stunning, taking, well-favored
Synonyms: Verb
break, burn out, bust, do in, do up, drain, exhaust, fag, fatigue, frazzle, harass, kill, outwear, tire, tucker (out), wash out, wear, wear out, weary
Antonyms: Adjective
grotesque, hideous, homely, ill-favored, plain, ugly, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely, uncute, unhandsome, unlovely, unpleasing, unpretty, unsightly
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Examples of knockout in a Sentence
Noun
He won the match by a knockout. He scored a knockout in the fourth round. She's a real knockout in that dress.Adjective
The Wimbledon tennis tournament is a knockout competition. a knockout sports car that's the talk of the neighborhoodVerb
the entire staff knocked itself out getting the project finished on time
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Curacao, the Dutch Caribbean island nation, also narrowly lost to the Americans, 1-0, in a knockout-stage match and missed its chance to turn the tournament upside down in the same fashion as Haiti. — Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com, "FC Cincinnati bet big on the MLS SuperDraft. So far, it's been a smart gamble.," 3 July 2019 In a stunning decision, Rapinoe, who has scored all four goals in the knockout stage for USA, will not be in the starting lineup, the team announced on Twitter. — Thom Craver, CBS News, "U.S. defeats England 2-1 to advance to Women's World Cup final," 2 July 2019 Their scoring margin is 11-1, including 3-0 victories over Cameroon and Norway in the knockout stage. — Steven Goff, courant.com, "England can match the U.S. in confidence. Can it measure up to the Americans’ play?," 1 July 2019 This will be the third straight Gold Cup in which the US and Jamaica meet in the knockout stage. — Dave Zeitlin, BostonGlobe.com, "US men’s soccer team to play Jamaica in Gold Cup semifinal," 1 July 2019 This will be the third straight Gold Cup in which the U.S. and Jamaica meet in the knockout stage. — Dave Zeitlin, Houston Chronicle, "U.S. beats Curacao, advances to Gold Cup semifinals," 30 June 2019 Rapinoe also had a pair of goals, on a pair of penalty kicks, for a 2-1 victory over Spain to open the knockout stage. — Anne M. Peterson, SFChronicle.com, "Rapinoe ignores controversy, leads US past France and into World Cup semis," 28 June 2019 Rapinoe also had a pair of goals, on a pair of penalty kicks, for a 2-1 victory over Spain to open the knockout stage. — Anne M. Peterson, The Denver Post, "Megan Rapinoe scores 2 goals as U.S. knocks out France to advance into semifinals," 28 June 2019 Should that decide a knockout stage game in a World Cup? — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: Soccer’s bungled attempt at video review is latest reason why we should rethink it," 28 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'knockout.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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