antiknocking

1. 1.

   suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines

   “antiknock properties”

   “antiknock rating”

   Synonymsantiknock

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Questions about antiknocking

What does antiknocking mean?

antiknocking means "suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines".

How many syllables are in antiknocking?

antiknocking has 4 syllables: an-tik-noc-king. The stress falls on "tik".

What is another word for antiknocking?

Close synonyms include antiknock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is antiknocking a common word?

antiknocking is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.