knit

1. 1.

   make (textiles) by knitting

   “knit a scarf”

   Broadercreate from raw material

   Narrowerpurlrib

   handicraft

2. 2.

   tie or link together

   Synonymsentwine

   Broaderjoin

   Narrowerpurl stitchloop
3. 3.

   to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

   “She puckered her lips”

   Synonymspuckerrumplecocklecrumple

   Broaderwrinkle

Other forms of knit

plural

knits·

past tense or participle

knitted

present participle

knitting

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about knit

What does knit mean?

knit means "a fabric made by knitting". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in knit?

knit has 1 syllable: knit. In IPA it is /ˈnɪt/.

What is another word for knit?

Close synonyms include knit stitch, plain, plain stitch, knitting, knitwork. 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 knit a common word?

knit is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with knit?

1 word rhymes with knit. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.