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 The agent did not invent a wholly new method of hacking, Woodward says. — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 22 July 2026 Most tools monitor internal telemetry dressed up as external visibility, leaving adversary intent signals and hacking campaign planning invisible. — Kumar Ritesh, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 The program is on NCAA probation and has seen many former staffers have run-ins with the law, including Matt Weiss, who is charged with hacking into the computer accounts of thousands of college athletes to find intimate images. — Larry Lage, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026 His lawyers said others had access to his devices and cited signs of hacking. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 July 2026 In the neo-noir crime thriller, Cole (Dane DeHaan) is a thief who makes a living hacking people's bank accounts from his car. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 17 July 2026 On July 8, federal agents executed a search warrant at his home, which uncovered an Apple MacBook and an Apple account linked to the hacking activities. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 17 July 2026 In other cases, the hacking group engaged targets in extended conversations over Signal. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026 In 2021, a critical bug in open-source software left hundreds of millions of devices around the world vulnerable to hacking and triggered a frantic response from Biden administration officials. — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

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Pamela Smart, whose conviction for manipulating her teenage lover into killing her husband became one of America's most notorious murder cases, has asked a New Hampshire judge to let her latest bid for a new trial move forward.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
Football is all about engaño (trickery) — looking one way and passing the other, feinting to go left and swiftly moving right, manipulating the opposition and tricking them to open up those little spaces.

— Xavi, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of manipulating

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The demonstration highlights how humanoids could take over repetitive material-handling tasks while fitting into existing industrial workflows.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
And the two meteorologists working that night were handling multiple incidents at once.

— Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 27 July 2026

Definition of handling

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Prep Baseball Report, a group based in Indiana, and Homefield’s baseball teams, would continue managing and utilizing the property under the 20-year lease term with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and KCK.

— Sofi Zeman July 24, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
The trailer relies on a hitch coupler force sensor to provide continuous feedback on the pull on the tow vehicle, managing the trailer's movement by increasing motor output or applying the electro-mechanical brakes located at all four wheels.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 July 2026

Definition of managing

Verb

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
Women who are actively seeking new employment show narrower pay gaps than those who stay, which means the ones tolerating the widest gaps are often trading fair pay for flexibility or job security.

— Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of tolerating

Verb

The Panthers wasted little time addressing the left side of the offensive line, signing Rasheed Walker in March as insurance for Ekwonu.

— Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
Talarico toured Green Space Nature Preschool and gardened alongside young children before addressing the media, describing childcare and early childhood education as not only an education issue but an economic issue.

— Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 July 2026

Definition of addressing

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About three seconds later, while the man is on the ground, a male officer standing over him appears to fire three rounds, and the man stops moving.

— Marin Scott, NBC news, 23 July 2026
While standing at the case, visitors can hear the audio of the speech where Douglass criticizes Americans celebrating freedom while millions remain enslaved.

— Kaitlyn Harvey, AJC.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of standing

Verb

In the Madrid region alone, 6,000 hectares (23 square miles) burnt overnight, taking the total area scorched in that region to 34,000 hectares (131 square miles) in just the last few days, Ayuso said.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
There's Volta, a sheltered offering that wraps around the lobby, and Parostia (taking its name from the stone oven of traditional Parian houses), sandwiched between the pool area and the beach.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026

Definition of taking

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What makes the deceptively simple Negroni one of the world’s most enduring classic cocktails?

— Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Keegan later moved into management, revitalizing Newcastle United and taking the club to ⁠the brink of the Premier League title in the mid-1990s before enduring a more difficult spell as England manager.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 20 July 2026