Beat
Beat noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: delivered one hard beat on the drums
Knock is a synonym for beat in hit topic. In some cases you can use "Knock" instead the word "Beat" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like smash, batter, clap, injure by striking.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| best | best beat | best knock |
| similar | similar beat | similar knock |
| short | short beat | short knock |
| single | single beat | single knock |
| Other adjectives: obvious, simple, strong, actual, huge, little, bad, catchy, double. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Cao Ren gets an honourable mention for being quite a grappley fellow for a beat-em-up, dressing like Megaman, and being the Implacable Man as it takes one more hit to knock him out of the 'throw' or 'charge attack' animations.
Source: Memetic Molester / Video Games -
Wesker will beat the crap out of you in the cutscenes, but you can actually knock him on his ass and beat the hell out of him when you fight him.
Source: Video Game / Resident Evil 5 -
After a brief beat, she knock him down with a single well-aimed hit on the head.
Source: Doppelgänger Spin
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Knock and Beat. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/knock
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