Synonyms of hooked

hooked 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in dependent

having a compulsive need for a harmful substance or activity

The group's mission is to help those who become hooked on opioids.

Related Words

• dependent
• addicted
• strung out
• craving
• jonesing
• ripped
• intoxicated
• blasted
• stoned
• loaded
• bombed
• hopped-up
• wiped out
• blitzed
• wasted
• zonked
• zonked-out
• high
• spaced-out

Dissimilar Words

• straight
• sober
• clean
• nonaddicted
• temperate
• clearheaded
• abstinent
• abstemious

2

as in used

having a great interest or need to do or have something

The couple got immediately hooked on the new show, and it became must-watch television for them.

Related Words

• used
• accustomed
• serial
• addicted
• likely
• liable
• inclined
• prone
• apt
• repeat
• persistent
• habituated
• given
• confirmed
• entrenched
• wont
• steady
• inherent
• unfailing
• intrinsic
• chronic
• inbred
• innate
• regular
• unchanging
• habitual
• inveterate
• deep-seated
• deep-rooted
• dyed-in-the-wool
• bred-in-the-bone

Dissimilar Words

• opposed
• unlikely
• averse
• indifferent
• uninterested
• apathetic
• disinclined
• unused
• occasional
• unaccustomed
• intermittent
• unapt
• unwonted

hooked

2 of 2

verb

past tense of hook

1

as in arched

to cause to turn away from a straight line

the pitcher hooked the ball, and the batter missed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arched
• curled
• turned
• curved
• bowed
• crooked
• twisted
• bent
• swerved
• weaved
• rounded
• waved
• veered
• diverted
• reflected
• deflected
• swirled
• arced
• looped
• coiled
• enrolled
• entwined
• inflected
• spiraled
• inclined
• kinked
• incurved
• twined
• meandered
• warped
• dented
• incurvated
• wound
• dimpled
• sloped
• declined

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straightened
• uncurled
• unbent

2

as in connected

to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole

hooked up three short chains together to make a longer necklace

Synonyms & Similar Words

• connected
• coupled
• integrated
• strung
• linked
• interconnected
• combined
• joined
• chained
• yoked
• compounded
• hitched
• conjugated
• interlinked
• wired
• welded
• catenated
• interlocked
• concatenated
• dovetailed
• fused
• articulated
• cemented
• intermeshed
• corded
• coalesced
• united

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disconnected
• separated
• unhitched
• divided
• uncoupled
• split
• disjoined
• disjointed
• detached
• disengaged
• disunited
• parted
• severed
• dissevered
• unchained
• unyoked
• cleaved
• unlinked
• ruptured
• sundered

3

as in stole

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep

the monkey hooked four bananas from the basket and scampered away to enjoy them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stole
• swiped
• lifted
• grabbed
• snatched
• pinched
• pocketed
• robbed
• pilfered
• nicked
• filched
• appropriated
• nipped
• purloined
• ripped off
• picked
• boosted
• hijacked
• snitched
• took
• misappropriated
• made away with
• made off with
• seized
• ran off with
• heisted
• thieved
• walked off with
• plundered
• knocked over
• looted
• sacked
• nailed
• grasped
• poached
• rifled
• pillaged
• burglarized
• kidnapped
• collared
• rustled
• abducted
• sponged
• spirited
• carjacked
• mooched
• shoplifted
• shanghaied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• purchased
• bought
• presented
• gave
• contributed
• donated
• bestowed
• handed over

4

as in grabbed

to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly

I hooked the biggest fish of the day, and then released it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grabbed
• caught
• snatched
• got
• seized
• captured
• landed
• trapped
• snagged
• snared
• nabbed
• nailed
• netted
• corralled
• rapped
• grappled
• bagged
• snapped (up)
• collared
• copped
• took hold (of)
• glommed
• grasped
• arrested
• roped
• nobbled
• clutched
• held
• gripped
• secured
• apprehended
• cornered
• gloved
• ensnared
• detained
• lassoed
• clasped
• kidnapped
• enmeshed
• entrapped
• entangled
• meshed
• fisted
• fastened (on)
• haltered
• abducted
• latched (on or onto)
• rent
• wrested
• bayed
• spirited (away or off)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• released
• discharged
• freed
• dropped
• liberated
• loosened
• unhanded

5

as in curved

to turn away from a straight line or course

hang the bird feeder on a branch that hooks upward

Synonyms & Similar Words

• curved
• swept
• turned
• rounded
• bowed
• fell off
• crooked
• arched
• bent
• curled
• arced
• looped
• wheeled
• swerved
• trended
• circled
• coiled
• spiraled
• twisted
• veered
• wound
• curlicued
• deviated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straightened

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hooked

Adjective

In it, two friends with nothing to lose become hooked on power after hitting on a winning spicy beef jerky recipe made with human flesh. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026

Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask Laneige’s Lip Sleeping Mask has been kicking around Allure editors’ nightstands for years, and judging by its 2025 Readers’ Choice Award, plenty of you are just as hooked. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 6 Oct. 2026

Verb

Johns Hopkins University researchers created a similar prosthetic device that instead maps pressure variables and sends them back to the observer using an electromyography (EMG) link hooked directly into deep muscle and nerve pathways. — New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026

The challenge was to transform the material into a psychological thriller that was not only rich in character and atmosphere, but also engaging, with a narrative that would keep the audience hooked while gradually revealing its layers. — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026