knuckle duster

Questions about knuckle duster

What is another word for knuckle duster?

It depends which knuckle duster you mean. In the sense “(used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand”, the synonyms are brass knucks, knucks, brass knuckles, knuckles. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of knuckle duster?

WordNet records no antonym for knuckle duster. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for knuckle duster come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of knuckle duster

• Full entry for knuckle dusterAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for knuckle dusterWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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