HOOKUPS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

hookups

noun

plural of hookup

as in partnerships

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

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Recent Examples of hookups Absent are the American-style softcore night vision hookups from a surveillance camera in the corner of a bedroom. —

Sarah Wang, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026 That their hookups were awkward was tough feedback to get during the breakup. —

Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026 Inside the park, Cedar Pass Campground is a reservable, paid campground with nearly 100 sites, including several with electric hookups. —

Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 14 May 2026 The county utility investigated and traced the problem to two industrial-scale water hookups feeding a 615-acre data center campus codenamed Project Excalibur, developed by Quality Technology Services (QTS), a company owned by Blackstone. —

Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 13 May 2026 Moving forward, the county confirmed that QTS’s water hookups will now be accurately monitored. —

Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026 The agreement mentioned adding up to 40 water hookups, up to 40 electric hookups, a pump station with a water hose, four bathrooms with flushing toilets and shower stalls, an ADA-accessible restroom trailer, an ADA-accessible shower trailer, light posts and shade structures. —

Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026 During the closure, State Parks and SCWD would make improvements to the campground, including creating larger campsites, adding new utility hookups, improving pedestrian and bicycle access, and updating the interpretive area, landscaping and restrooms. —

Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 2 May 2026 Campgrounds, hookups, generators, and charging stations have not been optional conveniences – but foundational constraints shaping product design. —

Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026

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The media response to Burden’s book has portrayed it as offering hard-won lessons in personal finance for all women in heterosexual partnerships.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
Sarah Bang, director of public school partnerships for UCLA School of Education & Information Studies, who helped develop the curriculum for TREEAMS, noted that the students at the planting event had gone through trauma and that incidents like the Simi Valley fire re-triggers it.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026