conk out

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of CONK

to lose consciousness <after three days without eating, he simply conked out>

Synonyms black out, conk (out), keel (over), pass out, swoon

Related Words break down, collapse; zonk (out)

Antonyms come around, come round, come to, revive

to stop functioning <the engine conked out just as we were approaching the exact middle of nowhere>

Synonyms break, break down, conk (out), crash, cut out, die, give out, stall

Related Words fizzle, sputter, wheeze; act up, malfunction; jam

Antonyms start (up)

to stop living <a list of people whose chief claim to fame is the unusual manner in which they conked out>

Synonyms check out, conk (out), croak [slang], decease, demise, depart, drop, end, exit, expire, fall, flatline, go, kick in [slang], kick off [slang], pass (on), pass away, part, peg out [chiefly British], perish, pop off, step out, succumb

Related Words predecease; consume, disappear, dry up, fade, fail

Near Antonyms come to, revive; linger; be, exist, subsist; flourish, prosper, thrive

Antonyms breathe, live

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