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hookup

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of hookup

the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)
  • the drama clubʼs hookup with a local acting company provided several aspiring young actors with experience doing summer theater
Synonyms of hookup

affiliation, alliance, association, collaboration, confederation, connection, cooperation, liaison, linkup, partnership, relation, relationship, tie-up, union
Words Related to hookup

business, dealings, interaction

exchange, interconnection, interrelation, mutualism, reciprocity, symbiosis

incorporation, integration, merger, unification

affinity, attachment, closeness, intimacy, rapport, sympathy

kinship, oneness, solidarity, togetherness, unity

colleagueship, companionship, company, fellowship

bed, cahoots, league
Near Antonyms of hookup

breakup, dissolution, disunion

division, parting, separation, severance, split

alienation, divorce, estrangement
Antonyms of hookup

disaffiliation, dissociation

hook up

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of hook up

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

associate, chum, company, consociate, consort, fraternize, hang (around or out), hobnob, mess around, pal (around), run, sort, travel
Words Related to hook up

affiliate, ally, attach, band, bond, club, collaborate, collude, confederate, conjoin, connect, cooperate, couple, gang, get along, get on, group, interrelate, join, knot, league, link, mingle, mix, rally, relate, side, socialize, team, tie, wed

befriend, friend
Phrases Synonymous with hook up

be friends with, fall in with, keep company (with), rub elbows (with) or rub shoulders (with) , take up with
Near Antonyms of hook up

avoid, cold-shoulder, shun, snub

alienate, estrange

break up, disband, disperse, split (up)

disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divorce, sever, split, sunder

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