Synonyms for hook
hʊkhook

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1. hook

   A bar is a piece of wood or metal, usually of considerable size, by which an opening is obstructed, a door held fast, etc. A bar may be movable or permanent; a bolt is a movable rod or pin of metal, sliding in a socket and adapted for securing a door or window. A lock is an arrangement by which an enclosed bolt is shot forward or backward by a key, or other device; the bolt is the essential part of the lock. A latch or catch is an accessible fastening designed to be easily movable, and simply to secure against accidental opening of the door, cover, etc. A hasp is a metallic strap that fits over a staple, calculated to be secured by a padlock; a simple hook that fits into a staple is also called a hasp. A clasp is a fastening that can be sprung into place, to draw and hold the parts of some enclosing object firmly together, as the clasp of a book.

   Synonyms:
   bar, bolt, catch, clasp, fastening, hasp, latch, lock

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1. hooknoun

   a catch for locking a door

   Synonyms:
   hook shot, crotchet, lure, sweetener, claw, bait, hooking, come-on, draw

   Antonyms:
   unhook

2. hook, crotchetnoun

   a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

   Synonyms:
   hook shot, queerness, crotchet, lure, quarter note, sweetener, quirk, claw, oddity, bait, hooking, come-on, quirkiness, draw

   Antonyms:
   unhook

3. bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetenernoun

   anything that serves as an enticement

   Synonyms:
   hook shot, draw, sweetening, decoy, lure, sweetener, claw, crotchet, bait, hooking, come-on, enticement

   Antonyms:
   unhook

4. hook, clawnoun

   a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

   Synonyms:
   hook shot, chela, crotchet, lure, sweetener, claw, nipper, bait, hooking, come-on, pincer, draw

   Antonyms:
   unhook

5. hooknoun

   a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something

   Synonyms:
   hook shot, crotchet, lure, sweetener, claw, bait, hooking, come-on, draw

   Antonyms:
   unhook

6. hook, draw, hookingnoun

   a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

   "he took lessons to cure his hooking"

   Synonyms:
   bait, haul, standoff, lot, drawing card, attractor, claw, come-on, draw play, tie, draw, hooking, sweetener, draw poker, lure, hook shot, crotchet, attracter, attraction, haulage

   Antonyms:
   unhook

7. hooknoun

   a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent

   Synonyms:
   hook shot, crotchet, lure, sweetener, claw, bait, hooking, come-on, draw

   Antonyms:
   unhook

8. hook shot, hookverb

   a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket

   Synonyms:
   hook shot, lure, sweetener, claw, crotchet, bait, hooking, come-on, draw

   Antonyms:
   unhook

9. hookverb

   fasten with a hook

   Synonyms:
   fleece, thieve, filch, cabbage, surcharge, sneak, snare, knock off, snarf, swipe, addict, purloin, pluck, accost, nobble, pilfer, crochet, overcharge, pinch, soak, lift, gazump, rob, glom, solicit, snitch, plume, cop, abstract

   Antonyms:
   unhook

10. overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hookverb

    rip off; ask an unreasonable price

    Synonyms:
    crochet, pride, nobble, dress, congratulate, cull, abstract, preen, glom, douse, sneak, rob, drench, hit it up, lift, displume, pick off, pilfer, roll, swipe, surcharge, soak, overcharge, pull off, cop, accost, souse, pull, pawn, deplume, gazump, hustle, solicit, snare, dowse, snarf, shear, plunk, plume, pluck, primp, snitch, hock, tweak, pinch, filch, knock off, purloin, pick, deplumate, overload, thieve, sop, addict, cabbage, imbue, inebriate, tear, fleece, intoxicate

    Antonyms:
    unhook

11. crochet, hookverb

    make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle

    "She sat there crocheting all day"

    Synonyms:
    fleece, thieve, filch, cabbage, surcharge, sneak, snare, accost, snarf, swipe, addict, pluck, nobble, pilfer, crochet, overcharge, pinch, soak, lift, gazump, cop, rob, glom, solicit, purloin, snitch, plume, knock off, abstract

    Antonyms:
    unhook

12. hookverb

    hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left

    Synonyms:
    fleece, thieve, filch, cabbage, surcharge, sneak, snare, knock off, snarf, swipe, addict, purloin, pluck, accost, nobble, pilfer, crochet, overcharge, pinch, soak, lift, gazump, rob, glom, solicit, snitch, plume, cop, abstract

    Antonyms:
    unhook

13. hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glomverb

    take by theft

    "Someone snitched my wallet!"

    Synonyms:
    thieve, cop, betray, neutralise, nobble, fling off, cabbage, shave, liquidate, nail, collar, rob, accost, overcharge, arrest, nab, dash off, snitch, lift, surcharge, soak, abstract, neutralize, sneak, shit, do in, give away, pilfer, filch, scratch off, gazump, solicit, snare, toss off, purloin, snarf, stag, crochet, plume, pluck, apprehend, shop, pinch, swipe, grass, pick up, drop, denounce, knock off, addict, tell on, fleece, glom, waste, rat

    Antonyms:
    unhook

14. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, liftverb

    make off with belongings of others

    Synonyms:
    elevate, snitch, rook, mouse, top, victimize, nobble, uprise, arise, cop, cabbage, repeal, abstract, kidnap, vellicate, crimp, snarf, lift, con, vacate, defraud, hornswoggle, reverse, pussyfoot, go up, plagiarise, bring up, airlift, raise, rob, plume, revoke, pilfer, accost, overcharge, knock off, sneak, rise, abduct, move up, thieve, addict, crochet, filch, get up, squeeze, gyp, swindle, come up, creep, diddle, pinch, wind, pluck, swipe, solicit, countermand, bunco, twitch, rear, soak, rustle, hoist, short-change, goldbrick, snatch, purloin, scam, tweet, snare, face-lift, fleece, mulct, gip, plagiarize, gazump, surcharge, twinge, rescind, annul, slip, overturn, glom

    Antonyms:
    unhook

15. hookverb

    hit with a hook

    "His opponent hooked him badly"

    Synonyms:
    fleece, thieve, filch, cabbage, surcharge, sneak, snare, knock off, snarf, swipe, addict, purloin, pluck, accost, nobble, pilfer, crochet, overcharge, pinch, soak, lift, gazump, rob, glom, solicit, snitch, plume, cop, abstract

    Antonyms:
    unhook

16. hookverb

    catch with a hook

    "hook a fish"

    Synonyms:
    fleece, thieve, filch, cabbage, surcharge, sneak, snare, knock off, snarf, swipe, addict, purloin, pluck, accost, nobble, pilfer, crochet, overcharge, pinch, soak, lift, gazump, rob, glom, solicit, snitch, plume, cop, abstract

    Antonyms:
    unhook

17. addict, hookverb

    to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

    Synonyms:
    fleece, thieve, filch, cabbage, surcharge, sneak, snare, accost, snarf, swipe, addict, pluck, nobble, pilfer, crochet, overcharge, pinch, soak, lift, gazump, cop, rob, glom, solicit, purloin, snitch, plume, knock off, abstract

    Antonyms:
    unhook

18. hookverb

    secure with the foot

    "hook the ball"

    Synonyms:
    fleece, thieve, filch, cabbage, surcharge, sneak, snare, knock off, snarf, swipe, addict, purloin, pluck, accost, nobble, pilfer, crochet, overcharge, pinch, soak, lift, gazump, rob, glom, solicit, snitch, plume, cop, abstract

    Antonyms:
    unhook

19. hook, snareverb

    entice and trap

    "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"

    Synonyms:
    thieve, cop, nobble, cabbage, trap, rob, accost, overcharge, trammel, snitch, lift, surcharge, crochet, soak, abstract, sneak, pilfer, filch, gazump, solicit, snare, purloin, snarf, ensnare, plume, pluck, pinch, swipe, knock off, addict, entrap, glom, fleece

    Antonyms:
    unhook

20. hook, solicit, accostverb

    approach with an offer of sexual favors

    "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"

    Synonyms:
    thieve, cop, nobble, cabbage, romance, come up to, rob, accost, overcharge, snitch, lift, surcharge, soak, abstract, sneak, pilfer, filch, gazump, solicit, snare, purloin, snarf, address, woo, crochet, plume, pluck, pinch, swipe, tap, knock off, addict, beg, fleece, glom, court

    Antonyms:
    unhook

Matched Categories

1. • Accustom
   • Boxing
   • Catch
   • Cheat
   • Curve
   • Entice
   • Fasten
   • Golf
   • Handicraft
   • Hit
   • Implement
   • Loop
   • Offer
   • Play
   • Punch
   • Rugby
   • Steal

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hooknoun

   Synonyms:
   catch, clasp, HASP

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1. hooknoun

   Synonyms:
   hasp, clasp, catch, crook, tenaculum, peavey, clives, agraffe, fluke, pot-hook, cant-hook, cleek, trammel, cottrel, snare, decoy, trap, bill-hook, sickle

2. hookverb

   Synonyms:
   fasten, catch, secure, entrap, ensnare, gore, steal

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "hook":

   hooks, bail, hook., hawke, hawk, quilting, bait, claw, hauck, hooked, clip, coupling, hitch

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How to use hook in a sentence?

1. Paul Chambers:

   It is likely that in the aftermath of next week's election, Thailand's military establishment will, by hook or by crook, win a coalition majority, but only with the help of junta-appointed senators, the use of crony senators to win would also make Prayut's electoral victory illegitimate in the eyes of most Thai people.

2. Nolan Neal:

   It's the first song I wrote sober, the hook of the song is' Lost for the last time.' It's about somebody he thinks they don't deserve anything because of the things they've done. I hope it connects with you all. That'll be the real win for me.

3. Briarwood Presbyterian Church:

   After the shooting at Sandy Hook (Elementary School) and in the wake of similar assaults at churches and schools, Briarwood recognized the need to provide qualified first responders to coordinate with local law enforcement who so heroically and effectively serve their communities.

4. Van Hollen:

   We can't let them off the hook with a slap on the wrist, because if we do that it will ... send the wrong messages to countries around the world.

5. Sam Neill:

   I’m not off the hook as such, but there’s no cancer in my body.