KNOCKED Synonyms: 216 Similar and Opposite Words

knocked

verb

past tense of knock

as in bumped

to come into usually forceful contact with something my knee knocked against the table leg when I tried to get up quickly

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as in hit

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner threatened to knock him upside the head if he didn't do as he was told

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as in blamed

to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of hey, don't knock it until you've tried it

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Recent Examples of knocked The deputy then spoke with the boy, who said the water bottle Schuman threw hit him on the side of his stomach and knocked his phone down. —

Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 13 May 2026 The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating vandalism at Old Memphis Cemetery in Palmetto, where deputies say 17 grave sites were damaged with broken and knocked-down headstones, graffiti and damaged concrete. —

Miami Herald, 13 May 2026 But the score was a costly one since the penalty that sent up the goal — a vicious hit from defenseman Brayden McNabb — knocked Ducks forward Ryan Poehling out of the game. —

Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026 So two undercover detectives with the Everett Police Department knocked on Gaff's door in 2024 and introduced themselves as researchers with the gum industry, according to court records. —

Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 13 May 2026 The Giants answered by stacking three straight hits off Sasaki, including a two-run, go-ahead double by Heliot Ramos that knocked the Dodgers right-hander out of the game without recording an out in the inning. —

Katie Woo, New York Times, 12 May 2026 Contact The Front Desk On rare occasions, Whitmore has knocked on a neighbor’s door and approached them in a direct yet kind manner. —

Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 12 May 2026 West Sacramento Councilmember Verna Sulpizio Hull, heavily pregnant, knocked on dozens of voters’ doors in 2022. —

Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026 Two more walks burned Warren in the fourth, as Duran followed with a sac fly before Seager knocked an RBI single. —

Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 7 May 2026

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Smith has been bumped down to the college ranks.

— Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 17 May 2026
In 2024, voters bumped it up to a half-cent.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026