CONK (OUT) Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

conk (out)

verb

Definition of conk (out)

as in to faint

to lose consciousness after three days without eating, he simply conked out

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as in to die

to stop functioning the engine conked out just as we were approaching the exact middle of nowhere

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start (up)

as in to pass (on)

to stop living a list of people whose chief claim to fame is the unusual manner in which they conked out

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His body collapses in on itself on the fainting couch in the sitting room.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
The details of Ivester’s murder are so haunting that a juror fainted during Thompson’s trial.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of faint

Verb

Pressure for action on all types of kratom is mounting after two students at the University of Mississippi died this month, with kratom products found on the scene in both cases.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
Fiona Hepler Lowe, the daughter of actor Chad Lowe and Kim Painter, has died.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of die

Verb

Asif said the alliance reflected a belief among its members that existing security arrangements had failed to protect Gulf countries as the conflict involving Iran spread across the region.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
The government, unable and unwilling to check their most voracious citizens and appetites, failed to tame the frontier.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of fail

Verb

Pries’s suggestion, known as the inverse Galois problem, was inspired by the work of the 19th-century French mathematician Évariste Galois, who perished after he was wounded in a gun duel at age 20.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
As a result, more people have now died of environmental illnesses that followed the September 11 attacks than perished during the collapse of the towers that day.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of perish

Verb

Rain and strong winds had already started to pummel the coast, with waves crashing onto the normally pristine beaches.

— MEGAN JANETSKY, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
Photos posted by Cal Fire of the incident showed a silver SUV that had crashed through a window and wood facade next to the front door of the business.

— Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of crash

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While accepting the Moon Person, fans watching at home were confused when the sound cut out as Carpenter was talking.

— Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2026
The tailor had had his work cut out fitting the soft woollen battle-dress blouse to Dovner’s unathletic and paunchy frame.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of cut out

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