Synonyms of hacking

hacking

verb

present participle of hack

1

as in manipulating

to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently

I doubt that she can hack a job with so many responsibilities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• manipulating
• handling
• managing
• addressing
• taking
• treating
• negotiating
• playing
• maneuvering
• swinging
• coping (with)
• fielding
• grappling (with)
• contending (with)
• pulling
• engineering
• coming to grips with
• controlling
• jockeying
• having a grip on
• carrying out
• regulating
• steering
• guiding
• getting off
• carrying off
• finessing
• directing
• running
• reacting (to)
• responding (to)
• bringing off
• commanding
• micromanaging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fumbling
• bungling
• mishandling
• botching
• messing (up)
• goofing (up)
• muffing
• scamping
• lousing up
• foozling

2

as in handling

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

she's not sure she can hack that miserable job much longer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handling
• tolerating
• standing
• taking
• enduring
• accepting
• sustaining
• bearing
• absorbing
• swallowing
• supporting
• meeting
• stomaching
• wearing
• living with
• sticking out
• pocketing
• standing for
• abiding
• biding
• countenancing
• going
• brooking
• lumping (it)
• suffering
• sweating out
• permitting
• toughing it out
• allowing
• reconciling (to)
• respecting
• submitting (to)
• yielding (to)
• consenting (to)
• acquiescing
• assenting (to)
• agreeing (with or to)
• capitulating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refusing
• fighting
• declining
• rejecting
• dismissing
• opposing
• resisting
• combating
• repudiating
• turning down
• avoiding
• contesting
• missing
• escaping
• evading
• bypassing
• circumventing
• spurning
• dodging
• eluding
• abstaining (from)
• refraining (from)
• forbearing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hacking

OpenAI reported that the agents used unauthorized communication channels, exploited vulnerabilities and engaged in reward hacking. — Babajide Ojuola, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

His comments come as OpenAI models have been involved in multiple security incidents in which agentic tools have overreached, hacking other companies and even government websites. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026

But those previously mentioned four skills where superhuman performance could suffice to kill all humans (hacking, persuasion, planning and coordination, uninterpretable reasoning) mean that generalization matters only so much. — Geoffrey Irving, Time, 3 Oct. 2026

But home title fraud does not work like someone hacking into an online account and changing the password. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Executives from six major AI companies signed a one-page document pledging to monitor their models and prevent harmful uses such as hacking. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026

There’s a lot of hand-wringing about model misalignment after several high-profile hacking incidents over the summer. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026

What to do about it The AI hacking events involving OpenAI, Anthropic and Google underscore a few lessons that draw on years of computer science research. — Deven Desai, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026

Even before that, powerful models like Anthropic’s Mythos created an arms race to advance AI cybersecurity, and even lighter-weight models have allowed human bad actors to supercharge their hacking efforts. — Hayden Field, The Verge, 28 Sep. 2026