HOOKING UP Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

hooking up

verb

present participle of hook up

as in traveling

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

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Recent Examples of hooking up Schroeder’s sister Georgi Aubin and Clark’s friend Rob Evors denied sleeping together in the season, but were caught on a hot mic talking about hooking up for months. — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026 The mood is already ruined after you get busted hooking up in a bar's bathroom. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Cohn lived a secret life, hooking up regularly with gay hustlers. — Kai Bird, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 This is like the complete inverse of Tom Sandoval and Raquel hooking up at Coachella. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 30 July 2026 Striking a balance between mellowness and fun is an imperative for a cohort that’s drinking less, hooking up less, and staying in more. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026 As the arrows on the chart indicate, the red line (sellers) is hooking down and the green line (buyers) is hooking up. — Nishant Pant, CNBC, 7 July 2026 The term first popped up during the June 21 episode of Love Island USA, when Kenzie Annis and Corbin Mims were shown hooking up in bed. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 29 June 2026 To make entertaining more fun, plug your speaker or outdoor TV into an electrical outlet, or make a frozen margarita after hooking up your blender. — Sarah Scott, Southern Living, 28 June 2026

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Verb

The trucks wait until all those in the area are ready before traveling in convoys to packing plants, accompanied by police patrols to prevent robberies.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Murphy, traveling the country promoting his recent book and opining on the state of the Democrats, returned to Connecticut to boost Larson and trash Bronin.

— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of traveling

Verb

On the one hand, associating Russia with the Eurasian steppe is a political move.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
His sensitive book-hound son Emiliano (Lorenzo Urso) is Giuliano’s best friend, but Sebastiano forbids him from associating with the Arca family.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of associating

Verb

And, the school wasn’t messing around with the secretiveness of the open practice for those who either received a ticket or media members in attendance.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
The buckle on the Jordan clogs is a great touch, and the arch support isn’t messing around.

— Annie Blackman, InStyle, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of messing around

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The narrow, 50-mile artificial waterway cuts through the Central American country, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and saving time and fuel along the shorter transit route.

— Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
During Wednesday’s practice, York was perfect on all five of his field-goal attempts, connecting from 34, 44, 42, 55 and 60 yards.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of connecting

Verb

Add the softened butter a few tablespoons at a time, mixing well after each addition.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Shelton cruised from there, mixing his primary weapons in with athletic defense that garnered big reactions from the Montreal crowd and deflated Nakashima even more.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of mixing

Verb

The Flock fallout is expanding with Hopkinton, Massachusetts, joining the growing number of Commonwealth communities turning off the technology that uses cameras to scan license plates and record details like a car's make, model and color.

— Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Jenna Bissonnette has been hired as Managing Director, working out of the NYC office, with Jenna Galan joining her on the East Coast as Director, Talent and Partnerships.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of joining

Verb

The musician in charge curates the guest experience, creating the soundtrack, collaborating on food and beverage menus, and arranging one-of-a-kind onsite performances that make a weekend feel like a complete all-access adventure.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 19 Aug. 2026
Moreover, the hub is also collaborating with outside organizations, like Silica-X, 3D Systems and Georgia Tech.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of collaborating

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