Synonyms for hood
hʊd, hudhood

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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

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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"

Matched Categories

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

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1. hoodnoun

   Synonyms:
   cowl

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1. hoodnoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "hood":

   under-hood, bonnet, cowl, hotte, sunvisor, hoodie, ghetto, hod, chaperone, huda, sunshade, hud, campana, neighborhood, parasol

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1. Dave Nadig:

   Really understand what's under the hood.

2. Simone Thomas:

   There was nothing' hood' about him, he was a good kid and I don’t have him no more.

3. Stephen Innes:

   There is nothing like an early start to the hurricane season to support oil prices, but looking under the hood of the EIA data, it paints an even rosier picture for U.S. oil markets, imports down, exports likely up and refinery utilization at yearly highs.

4. Morris Chestnut:

   When I came up, I think really the only black male lead was Denzel Washington, right before we came out with' Boyz n the Hood,' Wesley Snipes was in' New Jack City.' But now I'm looking at everybody. There's Samuel Jackson, Denzel, Idris Elba, Michael B. Jordan. There's a lot of people out there now.

5. Joe Rogan:

   If you want to be a woman in the bedroom and, you know, you want to play house and all of that other sh-t and you feel like you have, your body is really a woman's body trapped inside a man's frame and so you got a operation, that's all good in the hood, but you can't fight chicks.