cook - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

someone who cooks food

Synonyms

• cook

More generic

• skilled worker
• skilled workman
• trained worker

More specific

• chef
• cookie
• cooky
• fry cook
• preserver
• roaster
• seasoner

Noun

English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)

Synonyms

• Captain Cook
• Captain James Cook
• Cook
• James Cook

Verb

transform and make suitable for consumption by heating

Synonyms

• cook

More generic

• change integrity

More specific

• bake
• blanch
• braise
• brown
• coddle
• fricassee
• fry
• grill
• micro-cook
• microwave
• nuke
• overcook
• parboil
• poach
• pressure-cook
• roast
• souse
• steam
• stew
• zap

Related

• cook

Verb

transform by heating

Synonyms

• cook

More generic

• alter
• change
• modify

Related

• cook

Verb

prepare for eating by applying heat

Synonyms

• cook
• fix
• make
• prepare
• ready

More generic

• create from raw material
• create from raw stuff

More specific

• concoct
• cook up
• deglaze
• devil
• dress
• dress out
• escallop
• flambe
• keep
• lard
• precook
• preserve
• put on
• scallop
• whip up
• whomp up

Related

• make

Verb

prepare a hot meal

Synonyms

• cook

More generic

• create from raw material
• create from raw stuff

Related

• cook

Verb

tamper, with the purpose of deception

Synonyms

• cook
• fake
• falsify
• fudge
• manipulate
• misrepresent
• wangle

More generic

• cheat
• chisel

Also See

• cook up

More specific

• juggle

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