Antonyms for hood
hʊd, hudhood

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. hoodnoun

   Synonyms:
   bonnet, cowl

2. hoodnoun

   To cover something with a hood.

   Synonyms:
   bonnet, cowl

3. hoodnoun

   A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree.

   Synonyms:
   cowl, bonnet

4. hoodnoun

   An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.

   Synonyms:
   bonnet, cowl

5. hoodnoun

   A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.

   Synonyms:
   bonnet, cowl

6. hoodnoun

   The hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle. Also known as a bonnet in other countries.

   Synonyms:
   cowl, bonnet

7. hoodnoun

   gangster, thug. Short for hoodlum.

   Synonyms:
   cowl, bonnet

8. hoodnoun

   abbreviation for hoodie, in the sense of a person wearing such a garment.

   Synonyms:
   bonnet, cowl

9. hoodnoun

   neighborhood.

   What is goin' down in the hood?

   Synonyms:
   bonnet, cowl

10. hoodnoun

    A metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes.

    Synonyms:
    bonnet, cowl

Matched Categories

1. • Attachment
   • Cover
   • Covering
   • Criminal
   • Falconry
   • Headdress
   • Neighborhood
   • Plant
   • Protective Covering
   • Roof

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armernoun

   an aggressive and violent young criminal

   Synonyms:
   goon, sticker, stumper, lubber, oaf, strong-armer, ruffian, stumblebum, tinder, punk, kindling, cowling, poser, exhaust hood, tough, cowl, punk rocker, street fighter, bully, clod, yobo, thug, toughie, yob, hooligan, roughneck, spunk, yobbo, hoodlum, lummox, punk rock, lout, lump, touchwood, rowdy, lens hood, gawk, bonnet, cap

2. hood, capnoun

   a protective covering that is part of a plant

   Synonyms:
   crown, lens hood, hoodlum, cowl, toughie, capital, jacket, detonator, cowling, roof, tough, goon, ceiling, chapiter, jacket crown, strong-armer, cap, detonating device, pileus, bonnet, exhaust hood, punk, thug, crownwork

3. hoodnoun

   (slang) a neighborhood

   Synonyms:
   strong-armer, goon, tough, bonnet, lens hood, exhaust hood, hoodlum, cap, cowl, thug, cowling, toughie, punk

4. hood, lens hoodnoun

   a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera

   Synonyms:
   strong-armer, goon, tough, bonnet, lens hood, exhaust hood, hoodlum, cap, cowl, thug, cowling, toughie, punk

5. hoodnoun

   (falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head

   Synonyms:
   strong-armer, goon, tough, bonnet, lens hood, exhaust hood, hoodlum, cap, cowl, thug, cowling, toughie, punk

6. hood, exhaust hoodnoun

   metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes

   Synonyms:
   strong-armer, goon, tough, bonnet, lens hood, exhaust hood, hoodlum, cap, cowl, thug, cowling, toughie, punk

7. hoodnoun

   the folding roof of a carriage

   Synonyms:
   strong-armer, goon, tough, bonnet, lens hood, exhaust hood, hoodlum, cap, cowl, thug, cowling, toughie, punk

8. hoodnoun

   a headdress that protects the head and face

   Synonyms:
   strong-armer, goon, tough, bonnet, lens hood, exhaust hood, hoodlum, cap, cowl, thug, cowling, toughie, punk

9. hood, bonnet, cowl, cowlingnoun

   protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine

   "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine"

   Synonyms:
   strong-armer, goon, tough, bonnet, lens hood, exhaust hood, hoodlum, cap, cowl, thug, poke bonnet, cowling, toughie, punk

10. hoodverb

    (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal

    Synonyms:
    strong-armer, goon, tough, bonnet, lens hood, exhaust hood, hoodlum, cap, cowl, thug, cowling, toughie, punk

11. hoodverb

    cover with a hood

    "The bandits were hooded"

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hoodnoun

   Synonyms:
   cowl, fascinator, capote, capoch, camail, amice, chaperon, capuchin, bashlyk (Russia)

How to use hood in a sentence?

1. Don Felder:

   As a kid, I had my head under the hood of a car, either an old Ford or a Chevrolet, just learning about it so if anything happened, I could repair it.

2. Herbert Hovenkamp:

   It means the court is entitled to look under the hood, the district judge got it wrong by adopting a categorical rule that because the banks were cooperating in setting Libor they could not be violating antitrust rules.

3. Tennessee Rep. Chuck Fleischmann:

   It’s a resolution really calling for a sense of Congress to encourage all of the parties, who have say in the process, to award our five fallen heroes in uniform who have died purple hearts, we don’t want a situation similar to what happened with the heroes who got killed at Fort Hood and they had to wait a very long time to get The Purple Heart.

4. Mehmet Oz:

   I have discussed it with President Trump and we can not move on, as all the other candidates up here have outlined, under the cover of Covid there were draconian changes made to our voting laws by Democratic leadership, and they have blocked appropriate reviews of some of those decisions. We have to be serious about what happened in 2020, and we won't be able to address that until we can really look under the hood.

5. Lil Nas:

   Homosexuality, gay people, come on now, if you're really from the hood you know.

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