Synonyms of cooks

cooks 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of cook

1

as in misrepresents

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

• misrepresents
• distorts
• perverts
• falsifies
• twists
• colors
• fudges
• slants
• complicates
• warps
• misstates
• misinterprets
• garbles
• bends
• confuses
• misrelates
• censors
• obscures
• mistakes
• mistranslates
• disguises
• masks
• misspeaks
• misdescribes
• camouflages
• dissembles
• bowdlerizes
• mystifies
• glosses (over)
• whitewashes
• mixes (up)
• lies
• prevaricates
• veils
• equivocates
• confounds
• belies
• palters
• fibs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• explains
• interprets
• illustrates
• clarifies
• spells out
• illuminates
• clears (up)
• deciphers

2

as in happens

to take place

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• happens
• is
• comes
• does
• occurs
• comes down
• comes to pass
• transpires
• goes on
• comes off
• comes about
• goes down
• passes
• chances
• befalls
• rises
• haps
• betides
• develops
• intervenes
• arises
• shapes (up)
• proceeds
• materializes
• crops (up)
• turns out
• springs (up)
• breaks
• follows
• results
• falls out
• comes up
• goes off

cooks

2 of 2

noun

plural of cook

as in chefs

a person who prepares food by some manner of heating

the hearty meals prepared by the cook at summer camp

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chefs
• bakers
• culinarians
• cookers
• pâtissiers
• grillers
• barbecuers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cooks

Verb

There’s nothing better than a dinner that practically cooks itself. — Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026

His restaurant sources corn from Mexico, then cooks it through an overnight nixtamalization process. — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Use enough oil to cover the bottom of the pan so the fish cooks evenly. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2026

Chef Rakmin Lee cooks modern American with Korean, French, and Italian threads running through it. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

The Italian mother who is a loving mother, a mother hen who cooks well. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

The brilliance of this recipe is how everything cooks together in a sheet pan, even the walnuts. — Emily Paster, Midwest Living, 18 Aug. 2026

Dark meat cooks more slowly, stays juicier, and is forgiving if temperatures fluctuate. — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2026

Stone built the restaurant to give cooks room to grow beyond the stove, whether that is making charcuterie in-house or working the live fire that the restaurant cooks everything over. — Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Noun

While Silver uses Bubby's pancake mix in his recipe, home cooks can use their favorite pancake mix to make their own version. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

Those excluded were primarily nurses, cooks and janitors stationed at state hospitals and prisons. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Collectively, the hotels employ more than 7,000 room attendants, cooks, dishwashers, front desk agents, servers, and food service workers at more than 40 hotels downtown and near McCormick Place. — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Altering that environment by locking the lid may impact how evenly food cooks, especially in larger cuts of meat. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2026

Learn why it’s prized by cooks, plus find out the best ways to use it, as well as what to look for when buying your new favorite cold-weather vegetable. — Laura Manzano, Martha Stewart, 18 Sep. 2026

This figure includes managers, servers, chefs, head cooks and food preparation workers, Thorman said. — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Broiler cooks eggplant quickly with little mess Cooking the eggplant is often the messiest and most time-consuming step of making eggplant Parmesan. — Kate Williams, AJC.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Most home cooks won’t need all three; most knife enthusiasts couldn’t imagine their collection without them. — Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026