knocked out

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   knocked unconscious by a heavy blow

   SynonymskayoedKO'doutstunned

   Similarunconscious

Questions about knocked out

What does knocked out mean?

knocked out means "knocked unconscious by a heavy blow".

What is another word for knocked out?

Close synonyms include kayoed, KO'd, out, stunned. 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 knocked out a common word?

knocked out 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.