Knob

//nɒb//

Synonyms for "knob" (494 found)

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Translations

47 translations across 24 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • τύλος noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

Armenian

1 entries
  • բռնակ noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • заоблен хълм noun (a prominent rounded hill)

Catalan

2 entries
  • mànec noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)
  • pom noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

Czech

3 entries
  • kolečko noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)
  • otočný knoflík noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)
  • čudlík noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

Dutch

1 entries
  • knop noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • anso noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

Finnish

1 entries
  • nuppi noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

French

4 entries
  • bouton noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)
  • noix noun (in cooking, an amount just larger than a spoonful, usually of butter)
  • nœud noun (the penis)
  • poignée noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

Galician

1 entries
  • mazá noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

Georgian

2 entries
  • კოპი noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)
  • სახელური noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

German

2 entries
  • Knauf noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)
  • Knopf noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kenop noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

Irish

2 entries
  • cnap noun (in cooking, an amount just larger than a spoonful, usually of butter)
  • pilibín noun (the penis)

Italian

4 entries
  • maniglia noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)
  • manopola noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)
  • pomello noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)
  • protuberanza noun (a prominent rounded hill)

Latin

2 entries
  • bulla noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)
  • nodus noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • иш noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

Māori

4 entries
  • kou noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)
  • pūreke noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)
  • pūrori noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)
  • reke noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

Polish

1 entries
  • gałka noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • calombo noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

Russian

2 entries
  • вы́пуклость noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)
  • ру́чка noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • kvrga noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

Spanish

2 entries
  • asa noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)
  • perilla noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

Turkish

1 entries
  • topuz noun (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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Turn the knob and open the door.

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Twist that knob to the right and the box will open.

Source: tatoeba (46783)

Move the knob at the side of the seat forwards, collapse the seat.

Source: tatoeba (53895)

You can adjust the color on the TV by turning this knob.

Source: tatoeba (60891)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.