What are some opposite words for hook?
Antonyms for hook
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This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term hook.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
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bar, bolt, catch, clasp, fastening, hasp, latch, lock
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Princeton's WordNet
hooknoun
a catch for locking a door
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hook shot, crotchet, lure, sweetener, claw, bait, hooking, come-on, drawhook, crotchetnoun
a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
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hook shot, queerness, crotchet, lure, quarter note, sweetener, quirk, claw, oddity, bait, hooking, come-on, quirkiness, drawbait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetenernoun
anything that serves as an enticement
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hook shot, draw, sweetening, decoy, lure, sweetener, claw, crotchet, bait, hooking, come-on, enticementhook, clawnoun
a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
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hook shot, chela, crotchet, lure, sweetener, claw, nipper, bait, hooking, come-on, pincer, drawhooknoun
a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
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hook shot, crotchet, lure, sweetener, claw, bait, hooking, come-on, drawhook, draw, hookingnoun
a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
"he took lessons to cure his hooking"
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bait, haul, standoff, lot, drawing card, attractor, claw, come-on, draw play, tie, draw, hooking, sweetener, draw poker, lure, hook shot, crotchet, attracter, attraction, haulagehooknoun
a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
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hook shot, crotchet, lure, sweetener, claw, bait, hooking, come-on, drawhook shot, hookverb
a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
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unhookSynonyms:
hook shot, lure, sweetener, claw, crotchet, bait, hooking, come-on, drawhookverb
fasten with a hook
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unhookSynonyms:
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, abstractovercharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hookverb
rip off; ask an unreasonable price
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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, intoxicatecrochet, hookverb
make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
"She sat there crocheting all day"
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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, abstracthookverb
hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
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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, abstracthook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glomverb
take by theft
"Someone snitched my wallet!"
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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, ratpilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, liftverb
make off with belongings of others
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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, glomhookverb
hit with a hook
"His opponent hooked him badly"
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unhookSynonyms:
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, abstracthookverb
catch with a hook
"hook a fish"
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unhookSynonyms:
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, abstractaddict, hookverb
to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
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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, abstracthookverb
secure with the foot
"hook the ball"
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unhookSynonyms:
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, abstracthook, snareverb
entice and trap
"The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
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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, fleecehook, solicit, accostverb
approach with an offer of sexual favors
"he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
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unhookSynonyms:
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
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
How to use hook in a sentence?
Teaneck is a small town, and our rabbi called to tell us his phone was ringing off the hook— people were calling to ask how they can help.
The stronger our case is the worse the Senate will look for just letting the President off the hook.
That was the hook, that's what would get the females to contact him, he would make all sorts of promises to these women and before you know it, they were caught up in a prostitution ring.
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.
The Biden administration just can’t help itself from breaking the law — especially immigration law, they have begged every court up to the Supreme Court to let them off the hook, and every time the court says no.
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