Thesaurus
knock down
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of KNOCK DOWN
1
to receive as return for effort <she's knocking down a good salary, but she has to work very hard>
Synonyms acquire, attain, bag, bring in, capture, carry, come by, draw, gain, garner, get, knock down, land, make, obtain, procure, pull down, realize, reap, secure, win
Related Words clear, gross, net; accomplish, achieve, notch (up), score; accumulate, amass, draw, rack up; catch, pick up; annex, occupy, take over; reacquire, reattain, recapture, regain, remake
2
to take apart <right after the holidays the stores start to knock down the window displays>
Related Words detach, disengage; break up, disaggregate, disarticulate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, disunite, divide, separate
3
to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall <the overexcited dog knocked the toddler down>
Synonyms bowl (down or over), down, drop, floor, knock down, knock over, level, mow (down), prostrate
4
to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent <they'll have to knock down the price of those televisions if they expect to sell any>
Synonyms abate, de-escalate, dent, deplete, diminish, downscale, downsize, drop, dwindle, ease, knock down, lessen, lower, reduce
Related Words compress, condense, constrict, contract; abbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, nick, pare, prune, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, whittle; deflate, shrink; minimize; moderate, modify, modulate, qualify
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