Synonyms of cooked

cooked 1 of 2

adjective

as in baked

Related Words

• baked
• boiled
• grilled
• roasted
• fried
• sautéed
• heated
• broiled
• burned
• braised
• scorched
• charred
• well-done
• overdone

Dissimilar Words

• raw
• uncooked
• rare
• unheated

cooked

2 of 2

verb

past tense of cook

1

as in distorted

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

• distorted
• misrepresented
• twisted
• colored
• falsified
• perverted
• complicated
• misinterpreted
• fudged
• obscured
• misstated
• slanted
• garbled
• warped
• censored
• confused
• bent
• misrelated
• disguised
• mistook
• camouflaged
• masked
• mistranslated
• lied
• dissembled
• whitewashed
• veiled
• misspoke
• glossed (over)
• misdescribed
• mystified
• mixed (up)
• belied
• bowdlerized
• confounded
• equivocated
• paltered
• prevaricated
• fibbed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• explained
• interpreted
• illustrated
• clarified
• cleared (up)
• spelled out
• illuminated
• deciphered

2

as in happened

to take place

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• happened
• was
• came
• occurred
• did
• came down
• came to pass
• went on
• passed
• transpired
• came about
• went down
• came off
• befell
• chanced
• developed
• happed
• betided
• rose
• shaped (up)
• arose
• intervened
• came up
• cropped (up)
• proceeded
• materialized
• resulted
• turned out
• followed
• fell out
• sprang (up)
• went off
• broke

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cooked

Adjective

Serve this corn relish atop cream cheese or goat cheese for an easy appetizer, or stir it into cooked pasta with Boursin cheese and bacon. — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 13 July 2026

The top and middle shelves are the best spots for cooked leftovers because those areas hold the most consistent cold and sit above any drip zone from raw meat or fish stored on lower shelves. — Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 12 July 2026

Verb

Skewered chicken cooked over high heat and served straight on the stick is a dish that feels like summer. — Kate Williams, AJC.com, 6 July 2026

For lunch, Greenfield-Turk recommends Lac Canh, more than 40 years old, for its famous marinated beef cooked on a charcoal grill. — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2026