Synonyms of cook

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verb

1

as in to distort

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

• distort
• misrepresent
• falsify
• fudge
• twist
• pervert
• complicate
• color
• slant
• misstate
• obscure
• misrelate
• warp
• bend
• censor
• misinterpret
• confuse
• garble
• disguise
• dissemble
• mask
• mistake
• camouflage
• gloss (over)
• lie
• misdescribe
• mistranslate
• veil
• mystify
• mix (up)
• whitewash
• misspeak
• bowdlerize
• prevaricate
• equivocate
• palter
• confound
• belie
• fib

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• explain
• interpret
• illustrate
• clarify
• clear (up)
• spell out
• illuminate
• decipher

• explain
• interpret
• illustrate
• clarify
• clear (up)
• spell out
• illuminate
• decipher

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2

as in to happen

to take place

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• happen
• do
• be
• come
• occur
• come down
• come to pass
• come about
• pass
• come off
• go down
• chance
• befall
• go on
• rise
• transpire
• develop
• hap
• betide
• proceed
• shape (up)
• intervene
• come up
• arise
• fall out
• materialize
• turn out
• crop (up)
• break
• spring (up)
• result
• follow
• go off

cook

2 of 2

noun

as in chef

a person who prepares food by some manner of heating

the hearty meals prepared by the cook at summer camp

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chef
• cooker
• baker
• culinarian
• pâtissier
• griller
• patissier
• barbecuer

Phrases Containing cook

• cook (up)

• cook (up)