Synonyms of rooks

rooks 1 of 2

noun

plural of rook

as in novices

a person who is just starting out in a field of activity

every year the coaches have to deal with rooks who don't know the rules yet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• novices
• apprentices
• rookies
• beginners
• freshmen
• newcomers
• fledglings
• colts
• recruits
• virgins
• novitiates
• greenhorns
• tyros
• newbies
• cubs
• students
• punks
• neophytes
• tenderfeet
• babes
• abecedarians
• amateurs
• boots
• trainees
• learners
• candidates
• dabblers
• entrants
• dilettantes
• probationers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• veterans
• professionals
• experts
• vets
• masters
• pros
• old-timers
• old hands

rooks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of rook

as in plucks

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

once you learn to recognize these swindler's tricks, no one will be able to use them to rook you

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plucks
• hustles
• cheats
• stings
• sticks
• squeezes
• screws
• beats
• tricks
• does
• stiffs
• chisels
• suckers
• fiddles
• reams
• cozens
• shorts
• mulcts
• fleeces
• victimizes
• deceives
• bleeds
• fools
• gaffs
• swindles
• diddles
• shakes down
• cons
• bilks
• skins
• skunks
• defrauds
• hoses
• nobbles
• exploits
• rips off
• shortchanges
• flimflams
• chouses
• does in
• gulls
• euchres
• thimblerigs
• clips
• wrenches
• takes to the cleaners
• sells a bill of goods to
• betrays
• takes for a ride
• extorts
• nicks
• gouges
• dupes
• overcharges
• bitches
• milks
• wrests
• soaks
• wrings
• ropes (in)
• bamboozles
• double-crosses
• fast-talks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rooks

Noun

This strategy has been seen among wild jackdaws and wild rooks. — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 1 May 2026

But this isn’t the Queen’s Gambit, and at 4 and 6, Bluey and Bingo aren’t interested in prawns (pawns), castle heads (rooks), or pom pom elves (bishops). — Hannah Silverman, Parents, 15 Nov. 2025