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 Video and witness statements, police said, revealed that Hussain was assaulted in the building’s lobby, struck and knocked to the ground before being forced toward his apartment. —

Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026 Then in 1998, Buttered Popcorn knocked it from the top spot. —

Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026 He was knocked unconscious during the incident, according to Rodriguez. —

Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026 Vaquer eventually knocked Morgan down and then went to the ringside area to grab a chair for some more damage to her future opponent. —

Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026 Before a pro-US crowd of 72,297 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Portugal went ahead after American midfielder Weston McKennie knocked a hard-to-control pass from Alex Freeman to Vitinha, who played a through ball to Bruno Fernandes. —

ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026 After a review, it was decided that Raddysh was knocked to the ice and into the crease, prohibiting Vasilevskiy from a possible save. —

CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026 The reports briefly knocked index futures off their pre-market highs and lifted oil prices off their early morning lows. —

Monica Alba, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026 None of it has knocked it off its perch. —

Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026

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Secrets bumped into Pokluda last week.

— Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 30 Mar. 2026
When Jalen Suggs tossed his mouthpiece off the court after he was bumped by LaMelo Ball roughly halfway through the first quarter of Thursday’s game at Charlotte, the Magic guard was quickly assessed a technical fine from official Scott Foster.

— Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026