Synonyms for Knock around:

• v.

  •argue (verb)
  • lock horns,
  • put up a struggle,
  • talk back,
  • face down,
  • bump heads,
  • cross swords,
  • gang up on,
  • contend,
  • face off.
  •argue, discuss (verb)
  • debate.
  •beat up (verb)
  • do over.
  •debate (verb)
  • Discept,
  • hammer away at,
  • pick a bone,
  • toss around.
  •deliberate (verb)
  • excogitate,
  • ruminate,
  • run up a flagpole,
  • muse,
  • speculate,
  • sweat over,
  • talk over,
  • contemplate,
  • cerebrate,
  • chew over,
  • revolve,
  • judge,
  • pour it on,
  • bat it around,
  • consult,
  • argue,
  • mull over,
  • stew over,
  • meditate,
  • weigh,
  • ponder,
  • reflect,
  • rack brains,
  • put on thinking cap,
  • roll,
  • study,
  • turn over.
  •discuss (verb)
  • Dissert,
  • take up,
  • groupthink,
  • exchange views on,
  • bounce off,
  • reason about,
  • compare notes,
  • put heads together.
  •gad (verb)
  • run around,
  • hit the road.
  •handle harshly (verb)
  • rough up.
  •hit (verb)
  • ko,
  • flax,
  • lob,
  • percuss,
  • knock out,
  • uppercut.
  •ramble (verb)
  • extend,
  • sprangle,
  • turn,
  • branch off,
  • be all over the map,
  • Excurse,
  • bat around.
  •roam (verb)
  • struggle along.
  •rough up (verb)
  • mishandle,
  • slap around.
  •travel (verb)
  • hop,
  • migrate,
  • vacation,
  • take a boat,
  • cover ground,
  • take a plane,
  • get through,
  • adventure,
  • cover,
  • set out,
  • take a trip,
  • explore,
  • junket,
  • wend,
  • visit,
  • go camping,
  • weekend,
  • set forth,
  • carry,
  • motor,
  • make one's way,
  • take a train,
  • tour,
  • overnight,
  • progress,
  • scour,
  • move,
  • go into orbit,
  • make a journey,
  • voyage,
  • fly,
  • go,
  • go abroad,
  • sightsee,
  • sail,
  • drive,
  • go riding,
  • proceed,
  • jet,
  • transmit.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • fiddle around,
  • piddle around,
  • lollygag,
  • moon around,
  • moon over,
  • fart around,
  • goof-off,
  • dilly-dally,
  • footle.
  •
  • putter,
  • fuck around,
  • loaf,
  • bugger about,
  • screw around.
  •
  • mess around,
  • muck up.
  •
  • sit,
  • there is/are etc.,
  • get,
  • occupy,
  • stand,
  • set,
  • exist,
  • belong,
  • concentrate.
  •
  • bludgeon,
  • beat up,
  • HIT,
  • stun.
  •
  • kick your heels,
  • futz around,
  • reinvent the wheel.
  •argue
  • discuss.
  •deliberate
  • Meditated,
  • revolved,
  • mulling over,
  • mulls over,
  • run up flagpole,
  • pour on.
  •travel
  • sightseeing,
  • motored,
  • Junketed,
  • over night,
  • setting out,
  • traveled,
  • vacationed,
  • taking a trip,
  • Adventuring,
  • Adventured,
  • overnights,
  • vacationing,
  • making way,
  • got through,
  • make way,
  • Voyaged,
  • taking a train,
  • junketing,
  • setting forth,
  • motoring,
  • weekends.

Antonyms for Knock around:

• v.

  • argue
    harmonize, agree, ignore, make peace, concur, overlook, give in, keep quiet, comply, abstain, keep silent.
  • debate
    go along, endorse, prove.
  • deliberate
    discard, forget, neglect, disregard.
  • discuss
    be quiet, give up.
  • gad
    be direct, go direct.
  • hit
    compliment, lose, praise, fail.
  • knock about/knock around
    stay, wait.
  • loaf
    hurry, labor, work hard, face, energize, rush, run, achieve, DO, meet.
  • maul
    aid, guard, assist, surrender, help, take care, maintain, protect.
  • mistreat
    favor, heal, treat well, cure, coddle, please, pet, benefit, satisfy, pamper.
  • ramble
    join, straighten.
  • travel
    discourage, back up, dissuade, halt, stop, remain.