COOK: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for COOK?

Need another word that means the same as “cook”? Find 35 synonyms and 30 related words for “cook” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Cook” are: fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle, fix, make, prepare, ready, get, put together, sizzle, crackle, fizz, hiss, spit, sputter, crack, snap, alter, doctor, tamper with, interfere with, massage, rig, happen, go on, occur, take place, captain cook, captain james cook, james cook, cordon bleu cook, food preparer

Cook as a Noun

Definitions of "Cook" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cook” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779.
• A person who prepares and cooks food, especially as a job or in a specified way.
• Someone who cooks food.

Synonyms of "Cook" as a noun (5 Words)

captain cook	An officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant.
captain james cook	An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship.
cordon bleu cook	Adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord.
food preparer	Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue.
james cook	English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779.

Usage Examples of "Cook" as a noun

• I'm a good cook.
• Susan was a school cook.

Cook as a Verb

Definitions of "Cook" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cook” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• (of food) be heated so that the state required for eating is reached.
• Prepare a hot meal.
• Transform and make suitable for consumption by heating.
• Be happening or planned.
• Prepare (food, a dish, or a meal) by mixing, combining, and heating the ingredients.
• Be in an inescapably bad situation.
• Perform or proceed vigorously or very well.
• Alter dishonestly; falsify.
• Transform by heating.
• Prepare for eating by applying heat.
• Tamper, with the purpose of deception.

Synonyms of "Cook" as a verb (30 Words)

alter	Make an alteration to. Plans to alter the dining hall.
crackle	Make a crushing noise. The blazing sun crackled the desert sand.
doctor	Alter the content of (food or drink) by adding strong or harmful ingredients. I will doctor him everyday until he is better.
fake	Pretend to feel or have (an emotion, illness, or injury. He faked his own death.
falsify	Insert words into texts often falsifying it thereby. Changes falsify individual expectations.
fix	Make fixed stable or stationary. The international community should not rely on the UN to fix the world s problems.
fizz	Make a buzzing or crackling sound. Anticipation began to fizz through his veins.
fudge	Adjust or manipulate (facts or figures) so as to present a desired picture. The authorities have fudged the issue.
get	Take vengeance on or get even. Where did she get these news.
go on	Begin or set in motion.
happen	Happen occur or be the case in the course of events or by chance. I happened on a street with a few modest restaurants.
hiss	Express or utter with a hiss. The escaping gas was hissing.
interfere with	Get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force.
make	Make by combining materials and parts. He had been trying to make Cynthia for two years now.
manipulate	Manipulate in a fraudulent manner. He manipulated public opinion in his favor.
massage	Give a massage to. The accounts had been massaged to suit the government.
misrepresent	Give a false or misleading account of the nature of. You are misrepresenting the views of the government.
occur	To be found to exist. Sexism occurs in many workplaces.
prepare	To prepare verbally either for written or spoken delivery. Schools should prepare children for life.
put together	Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.
ready	Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use event etc. Get the children ready for school.
rig	Provide a sailing boat with sails and rigging. A gaff rigged cutter.
sizzle	Make a sound like frying fat. The fat sizzled in the pan.
snap	Move with a snapping sound. He snapped indignantly.
spit	(of a cat) make a hissing noise as a sign of anger or hostility. It began to spit.
sputter	Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling. But but she sputtered.
take place	Be seized or affected in a specified way.
tamper with	Intrude in other people’s affairs or business; interfere unwantedly.
wangle	Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods. I wangled an invitation to her party.

Usage Examples of "Cook" as a verb

• The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle.
• Shall I cook dinner tonight?
• The band used to get up on the bandstand and really cook.
• A narcotics team who cooked the evidence.
• While the rice is cooking, add the saffron to the stock.
• My husband doesn't cook.
• What's cooking on the alternative fuels front?
• Cook the books.
• If I can't talk to him I'm cooked.
• She cooked me eggs and bacon.
• I told you I could cook.
• These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes.

Associations of "Cook" (30 Words)

bake	A social gathering at which baked food of a specified kind is eaten. The soil in the desert is baked dry by the fierce heat of the sun.
baked	(of food) cooked by dry heat in an oven. Land lying baked in the heat.
baste	Cover with liquid before cooking. Slip herbs under the skin and baste the chicken constantly.
bread	Cover with bread crumbs. Altar bread.
burner	A part of a cooker, lamp, etc. that emits a flame. He bought a burner to get in touch with Shapiro.
cake	Form a coat over. A cake shop.
chef	Work as a chef. He cheffed on a yacht in the Riviera for two years.
cooked	Having been prepared for eating by the application of heat. A cooked breakfast.
cookery	The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat. Italian regional cookery.
cooking	Suitable for or used in cooking. Cooking can be a great art.
crispy	Tender and brittle. Crispy fried bacon.
crust	Form a crust or form into a crust. The earth s crust.
cuisine	Food cooked in a certain way. We spent the evening sampling the local cuisine.
culinary	Of or relating to or used in cooking. Culinary skills.
flour	Cover with flour. Flour fish or meat before frying it.
fried	Under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Ronnie broke out a bottle of Scotch we all got pretty fried.
goody	Something attractive or desirable, especially something tasty to eat.
grill	Cook food using a grill. Grill the trout for five minutes.
homemade	Made or produced in the home or by yourself. Homemade bread.
microwave	An oven that uses microwaves to cook or heat food. He microwaved some steak out of the freezer.
miller	A person who owns or works in a corn mill.
oven	A small furnace or kiln. Bake the dish in a preheated oven.
pastry	An item of food consisting of sweet pastry with a cream jam or fruit filling. Spread the mixture over the pastry.
prepare	To prepare verbally either for written or spoken delivery. She took time off to prepare for her exams.
recipe	Something which is likely to lead to a particular outcome. A traditional Yorkshire recipe.
roast	A particular type of roasted coffee. This is the roast most likely to be used in espresso.
stew	Food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables. Beef stewed in wine.
tamp	A tool for tamping e g for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc. When the hole was tamped to the top gunpowder was inserted.
toaster	A DJ who accompanies reggae with improvised rhythmic speech.