Synonyms of cooking

cooking 1 of 2

noun

as in cuisine

the art or style of preparing food (as in a specified region)

a TV show that teaches viewers the basics of French cooking

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cuisine
• cookery
• haute cuisine
• gastronomy

cooking

2 of 2

verb

present participle of cook

1

as in misrepresenting

to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of

it turns out the pharmaceutical researcher had cooked her data

Synonyms & Similar Words

• misrepresenting
• distorting
• coloring
• falsifying
• twisting
• complicating
• slanting
• warping
• misstating
• fudging
• bending
• perverting
• garbling
• misrelating
• misinterpreting
• censoring
• obscuring
• confusing
• misdescribing
• masking
• camouflaging
• disguising
• dissembling
• mistaking
• whitewashing
• mixing (up)
• glossing (over)
• mistranslating
• lying
• misspeaking
• veiling
• bowdlerizing
• mystifying
• fibbing
• prevaricating
• confounding
• equivocating
• paltering
• belying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• explaining
• interpreting
• illustrating
• clarifying
• illuminating
• clearing (up)
• spelling out
• deciphering

2

as in happening

to take place

wondered what was cooking when several police cars pulled up to their neighbor's house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• happening
• being
• doing
• coming
• occurring
• coming down
• passing
• coming off
• coming about
• going on
• going down
• transpiring
• developing
• betiding
• coming to pass
• happing
• befalling
• chancing
• rising
• proceeding
• shaping (up)
• intervening
• coming up
• cropping (up)
• following
• springing (up)
• arising
• resulting
• materializing
• falling out
• breaking
• turning out
• going off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cooking

Noun

What’s less known is that indoor activity — cooking, keeping pets, burning candles and spraying perfumes — generates pollutants and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), Jennings adds. — Tracy Achonwa, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026

Old food debris was found on all the prep counters, refrigerators and cooking refrigerators. — Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Verb

Imad, from Lebanon, operates back of the house cooking chicken shawarma, gyros, falafel and their delicious house salads. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2026

Before filming, the actors playing the family spent time grocery shopping and cooking together, and even went hiking with a wheelchair, building the ease and affection Lee wanted to bring to the screen. — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026