Synonyms of hookup

hookup 1 of 2

noun

ˈhu̇k-ˌəp 

as in partnership

the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)

the drama club's hookup with a local acting company provided several aspiring young actors with experience doing summer theater

Synonyms & Similar Words

• partnership
• relationship
• association
• collaboration
• connection
• affiliation
• cooperation
• liaison
• interaction
• union
• relation
• alliance
• dealings
• merger
• confederation
• integration
• linkup
• solidarity
• exchange
• tie-up
• interconnection
• kinship
• intimacy
• reciprocity
• rapport
• unification
• affinity
• attachment
• incorporation
• business
• symbiosis
• companionship
• sympathy
• unity
• interrelation
• bed
• mutualism
• oneness
• company
• closeness
• league
• togetherness
• fellowship
• cahoots
• colleagueship

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dissociation
• breakup
• dissolution
• split
• separation
• division
• divorce
• disaffiliation
• severance
• parting
• alienation
• disunion
• estrangement

hook up

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verb

as in to travel

to come or be together as friends

former classmates who hooked up and started a business together

Synonyms & Similar Words

• travel
• associate
• run
• connect
• bond
• join
• mix
• hang (around or out)
• collaborate
• relate
• company
• pal (around)
• rub shoulders (with)
• sort
• take up with
• mingle
• befriend
• mess around
• fall in with
• fraternize
• cooperate
• consort
• rub elbows (with)
• friend
• consociate
• keep company (with)
• get along
• get on
• chum
• hobnob
• tie
• be friends with
• link
• rally
• attach
• couple
• affiliate
• group
• club
• socialize
• team
• side
• knot
• ally
• band
• gang
• interrelate
• league
• confederate
• collude
• wed
• conjoin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoid
• shun
• snub
• split (up)
• alienate
• break up
• cold-shoulder
• split
• disperse
• disband
• estrange
• sever
• dissociate
• divorce
• disjoin
• disunite
• sunder

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hookup

Noun

Guests—defined loosely as anyone from a random hookup to Julia Fox to a surprisingly chill raccoon—drop by the house with regularity, creating a zippy blend of the mundane and the serendipitous. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026

The Phil’s hookup with Dave Grohl and company Saturday night was the middle act in a three-night local finale for Dudamel — a delectable dip into what old-school symphony buffs would once have considered low culture. — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026

Verb

The passage about the group of hippies going out to the pueblo and giving the Native kids LSD and hooking up on the tribe’s sacred ground until they get run off is priceless. — Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026

After that finale breakup comes another big plot moment for Samir — hooking up with Billie. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026