Synonyms of hackers

hackers

noun

plural of hacker

1

as in crackers

a person who illegally gains access to a computer system and sometimes tampers with its information

the company's security experts spent days trying to figure out how a hacker could have gotten past the firewall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crackers
• cyberpunks
• geeks
• techies
• technocrats
• technophiles
• phishers
• gearheads
• computerists

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• technophobes
• computerphobes

2

as in amateurs

a person who lacks experience and competence in an art or science

weekend golf hackers who are there mainly for the social networking

Synonyms & Similar Words

• amateurs
• kids
• beginners
• hacks
• novices
• newcomers
• freshmen
• triflers
• inexperts
• learners
• jacklegs
• rookies
• tyros
• greenhorns
• neophytes
• tenderfeet

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• experts
• craftsmen
• hands
• masters
• adepts
• sharks
• past masters
• sharps
• aces
• virtuosos
• wizards
• veterans
• maestros
• vets
• crackerjacks
• old hands
• old-timers
• whizzes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hackers

How hackers broke into Oracle Health's older systems The trouble began in early 2025. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

The hackers also obtained access to unique student identifier numbers as well as information about gender, race or ethnicity, primary language, country of origin and English learner status. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Supermarket staffers were confronted by pools of water beneath freezers and spoiled produce earlier this week after hackers took control of refrigerators in hundreds of grocery stores across France. — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

French newspaper Le Monde reported that hackers also extended the defrost cycle in some freezers and cold-storage rooms from one hour to eight hours to delay alarms. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 13 Oct. 2026

French investigators Tuesday were hunting the hackers who seized control of cooling units at hundreds of supermarkets in a cyberattack that underlined the vulnerabilities of connected systems, with no group publicly claiming responsibility. — Reuters, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026

The hackers have tampered with servers, taken local government websites offline and gained access to large tranches of consumer data. — Tiffany May, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Refrigerators in French supermarkets are being targeted by remote hackers, who are dialing up their temperature to more than 120 degrees. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 12 Oct. 2026

Danfoss, which sells smart refrigeration systems used by retailers, issued a statement to France's BFM TV saying the hackers succeeded in part by targeting refrigeration systems no longer supported with software updates. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026