knock over

Questions about knock over

What does knock over mean?

knock over means "cause to overturn from an upright or normal position".

What is another word for knock over?

Close synonyms include overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, bowl over. 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 knock over a common word?

knock over is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.