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

5 senses of knocker

Sense 1
knocker -- ((Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person)
       => big shot, big gun, big wheel, big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, head honcho -- (an important influential person; "he thinks he's a big shot"; "she's a big deal in local politics"; "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish")

Sense 2
knocker -- (a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance); "open the door and see who the knocker is")
       => person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")

Sense 3
detractor, disparager, depreciator, knocker -- (one who disparages or belittles the worth of something)
       => cynic, faultfinder -- (someone who is critical of the motives of others)

Sense 4
breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty -- (either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman)
       => mammary gland, mamma -- (milk-secreting organ of female mammals)

Sense 5
knocker, doorknocker, rapper -- (a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door)
       => device -- (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water")