Synonyms of knocking down

knocking down

verb

present participle of knock down

1

as in winning

to receive as return for effort

she's knocking down a good salary, but she has to work very hard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• winning
• earning
• reaping
• gaining
• making
• garnering
• getting
• bringing in
• pulling down
• obtaining
• coming by
• landing
• securing
• realizing
• attaining
• acquiring
• capturing
• drawing
• procuring
• carrying
• achieving
• bagging
• notching (up)
• taking over
• scoring
• accomplishing
• racking up
• picking up
• accumulating
• netting
• grossing
• amassing
• occupying
• regaining
• clearing
• annexing
• catching
• recapturing
• remaking
• reattaining
• reacquiring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• according
• paying
• granting
• giving
• giving up
• forfeiting
• yielding
• parting (with)
• handing over
• relinquishing
• surrendering

2

as in taking down

to take apart

right after the holidays the stores start to knock down the window displays

Synonyms & Similar Words

• taking down
• dismantling
• breaking down
• disconnecting
• striking
• dismounting
• detaching
• disassembling
• dismembering
• dividing
• demounting
• disengaging
• separating
• breaking up
• disarticulating
• dissevering
• disaggregating
• disjoining
• disuniting
• disjointing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• constructing
• building
• assembling
• combining
• erecting
• pitching
• uniting

3

as in downing

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

the overexcited dog knocked the toddler down

Synonyms & Similar Words

• downing
• dropping
• knocking over
• bowling (down or over)
• mowing (down)
• hitting
• knocking out
• levelling
• slapping
• flooring
• slamming
• smacking
• banging
• leveling
• felling
• punching
• throwing down
• toppling
• pounding
• prostrating
• poking
• thumping
• overthrowing
• whacking
• kayoing
• pasting
• jabbing
• bashing
• swiping
• hammering
• slugging
• swatting
• KO'ing
• smiting
• socking
• whaling
• bludgeoning
• belting
• clobbering
• slogging
• walloping
• thwacking

4

as in reducing

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 & Similar Words

• reducing
• decreasing
• lowering
• depleting
• diminishing
• easing
• minimizing
• cutting down
• downsizing
• dwindling
• lessening
• slashing
• denting
• cutting back
• cutting
• dropping
• abating
• compressing
• downscaling
• de-escalating
• shortening
• trimming
• shrinking
• contracting
• paring
• condensing
• pruning
• clipping
• curtailing
• cropping
• constricting
• abridging
• truncating
• whittling
• docking
• modifying
• retrenching
• nicking
• abbreviating
• modulating
• deflating
• qualifying
• moderating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increasing
• expanding
• blowing up
• adding (to)
• raising
• escalating
• augmenting
• enlarging
• swelling
• boosting
• amplifying
• extending
• inflating
• dilating
• lengthening
• prolonging
• supplementing
• complementing
• enhancing
• aggrandizing
• intensifying
• distending
• heightening
• elongating
• protracting
• redoubling