Synonyms of hood

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noun (1)

ˈhu̇d 

as in thug

a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang

when a gang of hoods started hanging out in front of the store, customers went elsewhere

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thug
• bandit
• gangster
• villain
• assassin
• criminal
• hoodlum
• gorilla
• thief
• pirate
• gangsta
• offender
• gangbanger
• tough
• mobster
• ruffian
• hooligan
• goon
• punk
• roughneck
• bully
• rowdy
• plug-ugly
• perpetrator
• mug
• robber
• yob
• crook
• toughy
• toughie
• scoundrel
• yobbo
• outlaw
• perp
• cutthroat
• felon
• mafioso
• brigand
• vandal
• highwayman
• gunman
• desperado
• racketeer
• pickpocket
• malefactor
• swindler
• lawbreaker
• bravo
• juvenile delinquent
• tearaway

hood

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noun (2)

ˈhu̇d 

as in cloak

something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth

counterfeiters conducting their affairs under a hood of secrecy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cloak
• shroud
• veil
• wraps
• blanket
• robe
• curtain
• mask
• mantle
• pall
• covering
• cover
• cope
• shield
• coverture
• cover-up
• screen
• penumbra
• blind
• façade
• camouflage
• facade
• disguise
• veneer
• face
• fig leaf
• Trojan horse
• varnish
• gloss
• concealer
• Potemkin village

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hood

Noun

Attach it under the hood when working in the engine bay, or stick it to the side of the grill. —New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2025

Use the range hood during cooking to contain grease particles that rise in the air and prevent them from settling on kitchen surfaces. —Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025

Security footage showed a person with their jacket hood up, cutting the metal that kept her secured to the ground, then loading her in the back of a white pickup truck. —Aishvarya Kavi, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025

This $33 jacket at Amazon has an oversized hood, pockets deep enough to fit your hands, and thumbholes in the cuffs. —Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025