KNOCK UP Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

knock up

verb

Definition of knock up

British

as in to wake

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

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Recent Examples of knock up 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 With 200 hp worth of empty space to play with before knocking up against the 600-hp V12 Verado, Mercury is dialing up the overall output of the V10 range by adding a new 425-hp variant as the flagship of the family. — New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for knock up

Recent Examples of Synonyms for knock up

Verb

The country is finally waking to the comedown Vance predicted.

— Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
And, on Friday, thousands in Australia will wake and gather, before dawn, to watch the Socceroos play Egypt in the round of thirty-two.

— Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 1 July 2026

Definition of wake

Verb

In the series premiere of Netflix’s Vladimir, Rachel Weisz awakens from troubled sleep to a cascade of texts, sighs deeply, and addresses the camera with pleading eyes.

— Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026
None of these patterns are inherent strengths or weaknesses; the value comes from recognizing them and being present to what is most needed in the moment, awakening leadership.

— Catherine Bell, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of awaken

Verb

In the study, people who ranked in the top 20% for sleep regularity went to sleep and awoke within a roughly one-hour window most days.

— The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026
By the time the game ended, Sasaki’s three-inning start seemed like a murky nightmare the Dodgers awoke from in a sweat.

— Liana Handler Follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026