knockout

1. 1.

   very strong or vigorous

   “strong winds”

   “a hard left to the chin”

   “a knockout punch”

   “a severe blow”

   Synonymshardsevere

   Similarstrong

Other forms of knockout

plural

knockouts·

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 knockout

What does knockout mean?

knockout means "a very attractive or seductive looking woman". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in knockout?

knockout has 2 syllables: knoc-kout. The stress falls on "knoc". In IPA it is /ˈnɑˌkaʊt/.

What is another word for knockout?

Close synonyms include smasher, stunner, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart. 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 knockout a common word?

knockout 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 knockout?

12 words rhyme with knockout. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.