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All doorknob synonyms

door·knob
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noun doorknob

  • lever — tool for lifting
  • latch — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
  • swell — to grow in bulk, as by the absorption of moisture or the processes of growth.
  • protrusion — the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
  • projection — a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
  • bulge — If something such as a person's stomach bulges, it sticks out.
  • swelling — the act of swelling or the condition of being swollen.
  • hump — a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
  • knot — either of two large sandpipers, Calidris canutus or C. tenuirostris, that breed in the Arctic and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • snag — a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
  • bulk — You can refer to something's bulk when you want to emphasize that it is very large.
  • bump — If you bump into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving.
  • tumor — a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
  • stud — a studhorse or stallion.
  • bunch — A bunch of people is a group of people who share one or more characteristics or who are doing something together.
  • nub — the point, gist, or heart of something.
  • protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
  • trigger — a small projecting tongue in a firearm that, when pressed by the finger, actuates the mechanism that discharges the weapon.
  • opener — a person or thing that opens.
  • handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
  • lump — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
  • tumour — a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
  • knurl — a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
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