Synonyms for knob


Grammar : Noun
Spell : nob
Phonetic Transcription : nÉ’b

Top 10 synonyms for knob Other synonyms for the word knob

Définition of knob

Origin :
  • late 14c., knobe, probably from a Scandinavian or German source (cf. Middle Low German knobbe "knob," Middle Dutch cnoppe, Dutch knop, Old Frisian knopp, knapp, Old High German knopf, German Knopf "button," Old Norse knyfill "short horn"). Meaning "knoll, isolated round hill" is first recorded 1640s, especially in U.S.
  • noun lump, handle
Example sentences :
  • There was no answer to his knock, and by trying the knob he found that she had locked herself in.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He fumbled for the knob, and it turned with a grating sound.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • With his hand on the knob of the drawing-room door Austin paused and looked at him.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • They stopped at the door, and some one fumbled noisily at the knob.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • We had planned a trip to the Knob the next day, and were to camp out for the night.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • He turned the knob and entered, advancing to the middle of the dingy room.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • After which, as if in despair, the outsider again rattled and jerked the knob.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Thankful, who had just given the bell a third pull, took her hand from the knob.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Captain Elisha was standing in the doorway, his hand on the knob.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The knob came off in his hand and he hurriedly thrust it back again into its place.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Antonyms for knob

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