as in fainted
to lose consciousness
I swear I'll keel over if you make me dissect a frog
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for keeled (over)
Verb
-
When the man fainted, the event came to an abrupt halt.—
Kyler Alvord,
PEOPLE,
31 Dec. 2025 -
The cold open took place in the Oval Office and parodied a recent White House event about cutting the price of weight loss drugs, during which a man fainted behind the president.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
-
The barbecue joint’s staff passed out free samples to the large crowd who were lined up through the end of the parking lot, several businesses down.—
Alexa Stone,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
-
But then Wulan passed out, and a huddle of family and friends rapidly grew around her, with more and more concerned guests coming to Wulan's side in each passing moment.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
-
The sofa was so collapsed that getting up from it felt like core strength training.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
-
And then on Thursday, after most of the show had been written, a man collapsed in the Oval Office, generating an instantly meme-able photograph of the president staring into the camera, looking oblivious to efforts to revive the prone victim at stage left.—
Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
-
The predawn assault included strikes on key military facilities, while US cyber teams blacked out the lights in Caracas.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
4 Jan. 2026
-
The Chiefs played at home that day against the Browns, and the game was blacked out in Kansas City because there wasn’t a sell-out at Arrowhead Stadium.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
3 Jan. 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Keeled (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keeled%20%28over%29. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share