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knockout

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of knockout

very pleasing to look at

  • a knockout sports car thatʼs the talk of the neighborhood
Synonyms of knockout

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
Words Related to knockout

alluring, appealing, charming, cunning, delightful, engaging, fascinating, glamorous (also glamourous), prepossessing

elegant, exquisite, glorious, Junoesque, magnificent, resplendent, splendid, statuesque, sublime, superb

flawless, perfect, radiant

dainty, delicate

personable, pleasant, presentable

chocolate-box, prettyish

desirable, dishy, dollish, foxy, hot, luscious, nubile, pulchritudinous, seductive, sexy, toothsome

hunky, studly [slang]

arresting, eye-catching, flamboyant, flashy, glossy, showstopping, showy, slick, snazzy, splashy, striking, zingy

photogenic, telegenic
Near Antonyms of knockout

abhorrent, abominable, bad, disagreeable, disgusting, dreadful, foul, frightful, ghastly, horrible, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, objectionable, offensive, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shocking, sickening, terrible, vile

unappealing, unappetizing, unimposing, unpleasant, unprepossessing

frumpish, frumpy, unbecoming, unshapely
Antonyms of knockout

grotesque, hideous, homely, ill-favored, plain, ugly, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely, uncute, unhandsome, unlovely, unpleasing, unpretty, unsightly

knockout

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of knockout

1 a lovely woman

  • the cosmetics company wants a model whoʼs a real knockout
Synonyms of knockout

babe [slang], beauty, beauty queen, cookie (or cooky), cutie (or cutey), dolly bird [British], enchantress, eyeful, fox, goddess, honey, queen, stunner
Words Related to knockout

belle, charmer, peach

bathing beauty, cover girl, pinup girl

houri

cutie-pie, dish, doll, dreamboat [slang], hottie, looker, pretty

coquette, femme fatale, siren, temptress, vamp
Near Antonyms of knockout

bag, frump

crone, hag, witch

2 a temporary state of unconsciousness

  • a splash of cold water brought the boxer out of his knockout
Synonyms of knockout

blackout, faint, insensibility, swim, swoon, syncope
Words Related to knockout

daze, stupor, trance

drowsiness, narcosis, sleep, somnolence

3 something very good of its kind

  • the bandʼs new album is a knockout
Synonyms of knockout

beaut, beauty, bee's knees, cat's meow, corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), daisy, dandy, dilly, doozy (or doozie), dream, honey, hot stuff, humdinger, hummer, jim-dandy, lollapalooza, lulu [slang], nifty, peach, pip, pippin, ripper, ripsnorter, snorter, sockdolager (or sockdologer), standout, sweetheart
Words Related to knockout

marvel, phenomenon, prodigy, sensation, wonder

catch, crown jewel, diamond, gem, imperial, jewel, pearl, plum, treasure
Phrases Synonymous with knockout

something else
Near Antonyms of knockout

bust, disappointment, dud, failure, flop, lemon, letdown, loser, stinker, turkey

4 a physically attractive person

  • only a few of the show's cast members are real knockouts
Synonyms of knockout

babe [slang], cutie (or cutey), dish, doll, dreamboat [slang], fox, glamour-puss, hottie, looker, showstopper, ten
Words Related to knockout

beauty, eyeful, goddess, lovely, stunner

beefcake, hunk, stud, superstud
Antonyms of knockout

dog

knock out

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of knock out

to use up all the physical energy of

  • the entire staff knocked itself out getting the project finished on time
Synonyms of knock out

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
Words Related to knock out

debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, sap, waste, weaken
Phrases Synonymous with knock out

wear to a frazzle
Near Antonyms of knock out

activate, energize, invigorate, rejuvenate, strengthen, vitalize

relax, rest, unwind

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