Synonyms for knockback
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nok |
| Phonetic Transcription : nÉ’k |
Top 10 synonyms for knockback Other synonyms for the word knockback
- cold shoulder
- declination
- denial
- disallowance
- disapproval
- disavowal
- disclaimer
- discountenancing
- disfavor
- dissent
- enjoinment
- forbidding
- interdiction
- knockback
- negation
- nix
- no
- nonacceptance
- nonconsent
- option
- pass
- prohibition
- proscription
- rebuff
- refutation
- regrets
- renouncement
- renunciation
- repudiation
- repulse
- repulsion
- thumbs down
- turndown
- withholding
- writ
Définition of knockback
Origin :- Old English cnocian (West Saxon cnucian), "to pound, beat; knock (on a door)," likely of imitative origin. Meaning "deprecate, put down" is from 1892. Related: Knocked; knocking. Knock-kneed first attested 1774. Knock-down, drag-out is from 1827. Command knock it off "stop it" is first recorded 1880, perhaps from auctioneer's term for "dispose of quickly:"
- At the commencement of the sales, he gave every one that wanted to purchase a paper containing a description of the lands that were to be sold; and, as the sales were cried, he called over the numbers and described the land; and when it got up to one dollar and a quarter an acre, if no body bid, after it was cried two or three times, he would say, knock it off, knock it off. [U.S. Senate record, 1834]
- As in refusal : noun denial of responsibility; unwillingness
- As in turndown : noun refusal
Antonyms for knockback
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