CONKS (OUT) Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

conks (out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of conk (out)

as in faints

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

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as in dies

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

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starts (up)

as in passes (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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Briar Blush faints @worldofwonder SPOILER ALERT!

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 June 2026
If a person faints, as Cantrell did, that's a sign the disease is advanced, Russo said.

— Kerry Breen, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026

Definition of faints

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But too often that has become shorthand for a stodgy and unresponsive sector that fails to respond to customer demand.

— Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 3 July 2026
Standard sonar often fails in shallow waters, while cameras are blinded by shifting sands and the simple distortion of rolling ocean waves.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026

Definition of fails

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Also, after your parent passes away, the account would legally be yours.

— Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 15 May 2026
Most Social Security payments fund retirement and related benefits, providing monthly income to eligible workers and certain family members, as well as survivor benefits for families after a worker passes away.

— Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026

Definition of passes away

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Corruption deepened, the economy entered one of the worst collapses in modern history, and a humanitarian crisis pushed close to a third of the population out of the country.

— Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026
By contrast, Roberts’s opinion in Slaughter collapses this distinction.

— George Thomas, The Atlantic, 30 June 2026

Definition of collapses

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Security camera footage shared by a local rescue group, Ruam Jai Mukdahan Rescue Association, shows the monks walking in a single line on the side of a road before the truck crashes into them.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Safety tips Rip currents form after a wave crashes on shore and encounters an obstacle in the beach's topography, including low spots in sand bars and around piers.

— Ash-har Quraishi, CBS News, 1 July 2026

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