HACKING Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

hacking

verb

present participle of hack

as in manipulating

to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently I doubt that she can hack a job with so many responsibilities

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as in handling

to put up with (something painful or difficult) she's not sure she can hack that miserable job much longer

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Recent Examples of hacking Unlike traditional hacking attempts, the scam relies on convincing people to infect their own computers. — Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 Meta has now become the third major AI company within a few weeks to disclose an AI model hacking into another company’s systems during testing, highlighting not only the advanced capabilities of AI agents but also some of the potential dangers. — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026 In the meantime, OpenAI and Anthropic have both rolled out new models that can’t stop hacking everyone. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026 For instance, one of the two hacking models at the center of this recent controversy is an unreleased one, more capable than anything else OpenAI has on the market. — Garrison Lovely, Time, 4 Aug. 2026 Hugging Face, for its part, published a forensic timeline, describing how the autonomous AI system spent four and a half days executing 17,600 distinct hacking actions across multiple organizations — without direct involvement by any humans. — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026 On 11 July, an entirely new kind of hacking attack was launched at Hugging Face, an online platform that houses a library of AI code and datasets. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 2 Aug. 2026 The sender claimed to represent the ShinyHunters hacking group and demanded $2,000 in Litecoin within 48 hours. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Recent cyberattacks on 30 Minnesota water systems and others across six states highlight growing concerns about foreign government hacking, primarily from Iran. — Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hacking

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By manipulating network traffic, the attackers redirect guests to fake sign-in pages without first sending a phishing email or compromising the PC.

— Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
What is your reaction to Drew being the one to rat you out about lying and manipulating Angela with your dead mother story?

— Matt Minton, Variety, 31 July 2026

Definition of manipulating

Verb

The traveler is left managing multiple confirmations, while employees may lack a complete picture of the guest’s plans.

— Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
While none of Zero100′s clients had come under attack in the strait, O’Marah said some had decided to avoid that risk by actively managing inventories and rerouting shipments.

— Chloe Taylor,Sam Meredith,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 30 July 2026

Definition of managing

Verb

For a Seattle politician to argue that tolerating drug crime and disorder amounts to harm enhancement registered as something close to startling news.

— Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
The Steamfitters were staging protests outside the Pfizer site, accusing the MetroLoft — which employs a mix of union and nonunion contractors — of building on the cheap and tolerating unsafe work conditions.

— Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026

Definition of tolerating

Verb

Ultimately, true customer retention stems from understanding and addressing needs with a human touch.

— Nir Bashan, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
But Halle Berry could not be left alone, and addressing this first thing would rob Williams of a couple hours of sleep, which was suboptimal given the demanding nature of her job.

— Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of addressing

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Piedmont Park Arts Festival This long-standing arts festival brings out more than 250 sculptors, painters, leatherworkers, glass blowers, jewelers and more.

— Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
The effort also targets a long-standing weakness in the domestic industrial base, where defense officials have repeatedly identified precision cast components as a production bottleneck for military propulsion programs.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026

Definition of standing

Verb

Catherine is taking her anger out on those who hurt her, while Nora and Alice are both attempting to repress all of their fury.

— Erin Qualey, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
Numerous governments across Central and Eastern Europe are taking steps to conserve electricity and avert an energy crisis as record low water levels on the Danube River have forced power plants to the brink of shutting down.

— Justin Spike, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of taking

Verb

Max Martin, Grande sings of blowing through breakups and make-ups and enduring mounting exhaustion with mass notoriety while the music swirls patiently and frequently angrily underneath.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
Historically, enduring businesses like Wedgwood, P&G, and Ford consistently built success by prioritizing customer value, trust, and market expansion, recognizing profits as a natural outcome.

— Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026