Synonyms of knock over

knock over

verb

1

as in to rob

to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully

he knocked over six convenience stores before getting caught

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rob
• steal (from)
• take off
• rip off
• knock off
• sack
• burglarize
• rifle
• loot
• break in
• burgle
• stick up
• plunder
• strip
• pluck
• defraud
• cheat
• exploit
• stick
• skin
• despoil
• hold up
• squeeze
• swindle
• spoil
• pillage
• sting
• bleed
• chisel
• ravish
• hustle
• ransack
• shortchange
• fleece
• rook
• roll
• mulct
• cozen
• mug

2

as in to drop

to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall

knocked me over trying to get out the door

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drop
• down
• knock down
• fell
• mow (down)
• hit
• floor
• knock out
• smack
• slap
• topple
• bowl (down or over)
• punch
• level
• bang
• slam
• prostrate
• pound
• throw down
• overthrow
• poke
• thump
• whack
• jab
• paste
• swipe
• bash
• hammer
• slug
• belt
• smite
• KO
• sock
• bludgeon
• swat
• clobber
• whale
• kayo
• wallop
• thwack
• slog

Examples of knock over in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The 31-year-old suspect was caught on video in a staff area behind a check-in counter, engaged in a verbal altercation with two women, ages 24 and 40, before knocking over various items on a desk. —Pilar Arias, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2024

At its peak, more than 250,000 utility customers had no power as the storm's winds knocked over utility poles and uprooted trees. —Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024

Whitmer on the Dem ticket could knock over political dominoes from Lansing to Detroit More:Who is Gretchen Whitmer? —Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 23 July 2024

Arriving troopers and officers located multiple graves that had been vandalized with grave site statues knocked over and broken as well as several grave markers that were knocked over, state police said. —Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2024