HOOKS UP Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

hooks up

verb

present tense third-person singular of hook up

as in travels

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

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Recent Examples of hooks up And Cody still comes out before the season starts and takes BP, hooks up the kids with some Nike stuff. — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 17 July 2026 Its lightweight frame packages a swift 5-minute charge option that hooks up 3 hours of extra listening, Multi-Point device switching, and Voice Aware side-tone monitoring for phone calls. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026 Kimbo also hooks up a standard electrical system with 2-kWh, 12-V lithium battery, 240-W Renogy solar panel setup, integrated wiring and shore power hookup. — New Atlas, 26 Mar. 2026 Nike consistently hooks up the University of Oregon‘s athletic programs with exclusive sneakers because of their longstanding relationship, and the newest spoils to emerge come via Nike’s most futuristic new basketball sneaker. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 9 Mar. 2026 And yet Guy still takes Kevis home to his apartment and hooks up with her! — Lily Osler, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2025 Meanwhile, his sister Audrey (anatasia Phillips) secretly hooks up with his best friend Backwoods (Daniel Petronijevic), while beloved site manager Chelsea (Jennifer Spence) faces an uncomfortable truth when Jenn Conch (Jennifer Irwin) returns to Imperial Valley and wants to fit in. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025 Meanwhile, Jeremiah continues to struggle with his breakup from Belly and hooks up with Steven and Taylor's friends. — Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 Valpy hooks up with the local troop of sea scouts, despite Fonseca being entirely landlocked. — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025

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Those skills are put to similar use in Tony, in which Bourdain travels to Provincetown on a whim in hopes of impressing a girl (Emilia Jones) by lying about receiving a fellowship to write a novel.

— Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
The film follows Souleymane Everston Adowo Freudenreich, an Afro-German trans man who travels to Dakar, Senegal, to repair his father’s kora.

— Roberto Prieto, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of travels

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The productivity boom everyone associates with the personal computer didn’t actually show up in the macro data until 15 years after the PC was commercialized.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 July 2026
The two-time Oscar winner, who was born in Concord and grew up in the East Bay, associates that sign with some of his favorite Bay Area childhood memories.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 June 2026

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In the film, Field portrays Tova, the cleaning lady who bonds with the somewhat cranky Marcellus, an octopus wise behind his years, in Netflix’s screen adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt’s bestselling novel.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 July 2026
Once there, Emily bonds with four other counselors — played by Alice Wordsworth, Cherry Moore, Lea Rose Sebastianis and Ella Reece — who begin to explore their witchy reality together.

— William Earl, Variety, 26 June 2026

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Black is the vice president of the 211 System Strategy, a helpline supported by the United Way that connects people to food aid, mental health services, transportation and more.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
The famous Bosphorus Strait—which connects the Black Sea in the North to Sea of Marmara in the South, dividing Istanbul’s East and West sides—is filled with a constant flow of boats going about their business.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of connects

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With Silverwing airborne, Ormund joins the fight on the ramparts, where Roddy hangs on for the chance to kill him.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Refusing to accept the adults’ silence, Lucía creates with classmates a Little Band for Justice, plastering walls with drawings demanding Ana be brought back and soon joins adults’ call for broader justice and truth.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of joins

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In addition to the Formula One series, Glenfiddich also collaborates with Aston Martin's road car division on ultra-premium vintage releases aimed at collectors.

— Emily Price, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The initiative collaborates with the Shark Lab to share sightings with the public and lifeguards in the SharkEye project.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 30 July 2026

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