HOOKED UP Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

hooked up

verb

past tense of hook up

as in associated

to come or be together as friends former classmates who hooked up and started a business together

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Recent Examples of hooked up Later in the trailer, Kardashian is shown lying in a hospital bed, hooked up to machines, while someone off camera asks whether that is what her father, Robert Kardashian, died of. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026 These new cells then hooked up directly to the mouse’s existing nervous system. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026 That explains some of how Eubank Jr ended up spending two days in hospital hooked up to a drip after his first fight against Benn. — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 The show is also airing old and new episodes on Comedy Central for those still hooked up to cable. — Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2026 But the fact that the two of them could spend the better part of a year not needing to be hooked up to tubes represented a milestone. — Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026 Madix admits to inquiring about who was still together and who had hooked up after leaving the show—and being surprised by the answers to those questions. — Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 31 Aug. 2026 Star was placed on a tiny stretcher, with tubes hooked up to her wrist and nose. — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 After Vinson hooked up with senior receiver Michael Bunch for a 28-yard TD strike early in the first quarter, the Blue Devils allowed 26 consecutive points to fall behind 33-7. — Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026

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SpaceX says this removes potential failure points associated with a separate hydraulic system and with running out of hydraulic fluid.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Very strong El Niño events has been associated with floods and famine in the past.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of associated

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Tiny creatures like crabs and ants traveled huge distances, encountering all sorts of dangers—driven by the instinct to lay eggs and reproduce at any cost.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Our photographers also visited park openings in Davis and Sacramento, and travelled to the remote Placer County community of Iowa Hill after a sheriff’s deputies engaged in a two-hour shootout with a man who killed a woman in a home nearby.

— Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026

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Perhaps this accident of birth is connected to the subtle rebuff of modern life in Marcon’s films.

— Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026
Health officials said an individual with measles passed through Philadelphia International Airport and that the case is not connected to the recent exposure that occurred at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

— Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of connected

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Researchers mixed ice with cellulose nanocrystals, extremely small, stiff particles made from cellulose.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Beyond’s sound and look, which mixed international rock influences with a Hong Kong that was changing fast through the 1980s and early 1990s, became bound up with a generation of young fans.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of mixed

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While working with the five Flipper dolphins for the show, O’Barry spent nearly all his time with them and bonded with the marine mammals.

— Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Historically, that’s something that Salt Lake in particular has been good at showcasing given the intense situations that have bonded a group that, save for the felon, have almost all been on this ride since the beginning.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026

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The study also related that fashion attracts international talent to the top of company boards, 25 percent more in fashion compared with 12 percent among the top 100 Italian companies.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
Howard has also made other major farming and agricultural-related philanthropic gifts, including sending more than $500 million in humanitarian, financial, and agricultural aid to Ukraine since early 2022, according to No-Till Farmer.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026

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