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

2 senses of knockout

Sense 1
smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish -- (a very attractive or seductive looking woman)
       => woman, adult female -- (an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted")

Sense 2
knockout, KO, kayo -- (a blow that renders the opponent unconscious)
       => blow -- (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head")

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

5 senses of knock out

Sense 1
knock out -- (eliminate; "knock out a target")
       => extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with -- (terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts")

Sense 2
knock cold, knock out, kayo -- (knock unconscious or senseless; "the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds")
       => beat, beat up, work over -- (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students")

Sense 3
knock out -- (destroy or break forcefully; "The windows were knocked out")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")

Sense 4
knock out -- (overwhelm with admiration; "All the guys were knocked out by her charm")
       => overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake -- (overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli)

Sense 5
knock out -- (empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out; "knocked out a pipe")
       => empty -- (make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building")

Antonyms of adj knock_out

1 sense of knockout

Sense 1
hard, knockout, severe -- (very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow")

INDIRECT (VIA strong) -> weak -- (wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar")

Similarity of adj knock_out

1 sense of knockout

Sense 1
hard, knockout, severe -- (very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow")
       => strong (vs. weak) -- (having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man")