KNOCKOUTS Synonyms: 112 Similar and Opposite Words

knockouts

noun

plural of knockout

as in beauties

a lovely woman the cosmetics company wants a model who's a real knockout

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as in dazes

a temporary state of unconsciousness a splash of cold water brought the boxer out of his knockout

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as in dreams

something very good of its kind the band's new album is a knockout

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as in dolls

a physically attractive person only a few of the show's cast members are real knockouts

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Recent Examples of knockouts It’s been a respectable run, but both of those seasons ended in dispiriting wild-card knockouts. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Headlining the event, Gustavo Trujillo defends his BKB Heavyweight title against Mark O'Neil, bringing an impressive 8-0 promotional record with all first-round knockouts. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Malawi lost its final group match to Zambia 2-1 on Wednesday, but secured the group win with six points and a head-to-head tiebreaker over Nigeria, who also qualified for the knockouts. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026 Congo also advanced beyond the group stage and pushed England before eventually losing, while Curaçao was still in with a chance of making the knockouts going into its final group match. — James Robson, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026 Unlike traditional combat sports, the competition was designed to evaluate a broader range of robotic capabilities rather than simply determining a winner through knockouts. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026 Goals from Breel Embolo and Dan Ndoye either side of halftime then comfortably saw the Swiss past Algeria in the Round of 32 and marked the nation’s first win in the knockouts since 1938. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

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Noun

Before that, everyone was taking pep pills or methadone or black beauties, speed.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026
These regions are already incredibly cinematic, but finding undiscovered beauties to shoot in this land was a true moment of pride and triumph.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of beauties

Noun

In a matter of weeks, when the midterm results are tallied and the next campaign begins, Democrats with presidential dreams know the question will be coming.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
In his dreams, Jose Fiscal Belli is still living an all-American life with his all-American family.

— Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of dreams

Noun

From rising stars who make mutant baile funk to rave queens shaping a raunchy new wave of techno-pop, here are the divas changing the face of club music.

— Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026
Rihanna, Beyoncé — of course the OG queens, the Patti LaBelles, the Stephanie Mills, all of them like that.

— Michael Saponara, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of queens

Noun

Saudi Arabia spends tens of billions of dollars on defense every year, but is struggling to protect key assets such as airports, refineries and pipelines from missiles and drones fired by Houthi militants from Yemen.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
The standalone streaming service features tens of thousands of TV episodes from cable networks like HGTV, Food Network and TLC.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

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