Synonyms of knocked up

knocked up

verb

past tense of knock up, British

as in woke

to cause to stop sleeping

I asked the clerk at the hotel to knock me up at 7:00 a.m.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• woke
• awakened
• awoke
• roused
• wakened
• aroused
• raised
• revived
• routed
• rewaked
• stirred
• reawakened
• disturbed
• provoked
• stimulated
• rousted
• excited
• agitated
• bestirred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lulled
• hypnotized
• mesmerized

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of knocked up

In a wacky twist of fate, both of them get knocked up at the same time! — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026

Margo’s Got Money Troubles is the story of college freshman and aspiring writer Margo (Elle Fanning) who gets knocked up by her English professor (Michael Angarano) and decides to drop out and keep the baby. — Literary Hub, 28 May 2026

Elle Fanning stars as Margo, a young college student who gets knocked up by one of her professors and decides to move back home and have the baby. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026

The pair collided with such force that Dumoulin got knocked up about two feet in the air before landing hard on his padded backside. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026

Meanwhile, while Miranda busies herself with building a pageant empire, her husband Ray, a pill-popping nurse, has knocked up the 18-year-old granddaughter of one of his hospice patients. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025

Julia, worried, maintains that she’s not knocked up. — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2025