Synonyms for knee
niknee

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

1. knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genunoun

   hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

   Synonyms:
   articulatio genus, stifle, knee joint, human knee, genu

2. stifle, kneenoun

   joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

   Synonyms:
   articulatio genus, knee joint, stifle, human knee, genu

3. kneenoun

   the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee

   Synonyms:
   articulatio genus, stifle, knee joint, human knee, genu

Matched Categories

1. • Cloth Covering
   • Hinge Joint
   • Joint

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. kneenoun

   Associated words:
   genuflect, genuflection, ham, hock, gonitis, stifle, geniculate, dib, quadriceps

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.5 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "knee":

   lap, kneecap

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1. Indigenous Guatemalan:

   One of them hit me on the head, the other one on my chest and on my knee.

2. Hosea Williams:

   It touched me when it happened in real time, because I could see George Floyd begging to live. Begging to live. Let me breathe. They had a knee on George Floyd neck and the other two( officers) just standing there, can you imagine if that had been a Black policeman on a White man's neck ? You can bet the nation would have been turned upside down.

3. Gerry Soedjatman:

   In Indonesia, the regulators don't seem to understand the bigger picture, a lot of the policies that came out this year after the crash have been knee-jerk reactions.

4. Seema Shah:

   As the equity market is now fully pricing in a 50 basis point cut, market disappointment could be significant ... And if the Fed follows through with a cut despite a brighter trade outlook? Beyond the knee-jerk euphoria, expect minimal market reaction – this last scenario is exactly what the market is already expecting.

5. Wayne Kaufman:

   This is just a knee-jerk reaction, based on a bear thesis that Express Scripts will start to dictate prices, i don't see how this is any different than any other company in another sector getting more competition. Soon people will go through the stocks one-by-one to see which got oversold.