Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun knell

1 sense of knell

Sense 1
knell -- (the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something)
       => bell, toll -- (the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb knell

2 senses of knell

Sense 1
knell -- (ring as in announcing death)
       => ring, peal -- (sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang")

Sense 2
ring, knell -- (make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church")
       => sound -- (cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note")