as in criticizers
a person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults
the secretary of defense needs supporters, not knockers, to get through this crisis
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Recent Examples of knockers
This lush harvest look is designed to avoid blocking handles and knockers while adding deceptively faux foliage to your door.
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Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knockers
critics
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The exchange with the radio host went too far even for some of Mamdani’s Democratic critics, who condemned the conversation as Islamophobic.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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John Ruskin, the greatest of architectural critics, observed that a nation writes its history in many books, but that the book of its buildings is the most enduring.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Knockers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knockers. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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