KNOCK UP Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

knock up

verb

Definition of knock up

British

as in to wake

to cause to stop sleeping I asked the clerk at the hotel to knock me up at 7:00 a.m.

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Recent Examples of knock up The pair collided with such force that Dumoulin got knocked up about two feet in the air before landing hard on his padded backside. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026 Meanwhile, while Miranda busies herself with building a pageant empire, her husband Ray, a pill-popping nurse, has knocked up the 18-year-old granddaughter of one of his hospice patients. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025 Julia, worried, maintains that she’s not knocked up. — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2025 With 200 hp worth of empty space to play with before knocking up against the 600-hp V12 Verado, Mercury is dialing up the overall output of the V10 range by adding a new 425-hp variant as the flagship of the family. — New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for knock up

Recent Examples of Synonyms for knock up

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A couple in crisis wakes to find their apartment sealed off by a mysterious, unbreakable substance.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026
Freirich recommends eating within one to two hours of waking.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of wake

Verb

Some of the incidents have turned violent The latest bear attack in Colorado occurred early Wednesday when a homeless man sleeping in Aspen's Rio Grande Park awoke to find a bear biting his head, according to CPW officials.

— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
According to the department, sisters Ava, 5, and Mia, 9, awoke and saw the fire coming from their neighbors’ home.

— David Chiu, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026