COOKS Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of cook

as in misrepresents

to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of it turns out the pharmaceutical researcher had cooked her data

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as in happens

to take place wondered what was cooking when several police cars pulled up to their neighbor's house

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cooks

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noun

plural of cook

as in chefs

a person who prepares food by some manner of heating the hearty meals prepared by the cook at summer camp

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The brilliance of this recipe is how everything cooks together in a sheet pan, even the walnuts. — Emily Paster, Midwest Living, 18 Aug. 2026 Stone built the restaurant to give cooks room to grow beyond the stove, whether that is making charcuterie in-house or working the live fire that the restaurant cooks everything over. — Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Have any of you guys been haunted by the frankly upsetting scene in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey in which Circe cooks what can only be described as a very messed up stew? — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026 Torres seasons the pork with lots of black pepper and garlic, and cooks it low and slow for around five hours. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 To make sure the mixture cooks all the way through, add hot water into the baking dish surrounding the ramekins — just halfway up. — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2026 After a research trip to Texas steakhouses, Clark switched his kitchen from broiler to hardwood grilling, drawing inspiration from Gallagher’s Steakhouse in New York, his favorite, which cooks over hickory. — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 28 July 2026 Trending Video The Los Blancos player shares his six-bedroom, 7,000-square-foot mansion with his father, younger brother, and his mother—the latter still reportedly cooks meals for the family and drives the athlete to practice. — India Roby, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2026 The method cooks the chicken quickly, creating a crisp crust while keeping the meat juicy. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2026

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Dausch and his team created a data-forward automation layer that changed the workflow, telling cooks not to make the pizza until the system knew with greater certainty that further down the chain, a driver would be available for pickup. — John Kell, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026 How one’s meal is eaten is up to each diner, but Quintana and the cooks in the kitchen eat it like a taco, putting chunks of the meat, a spoonful of rice and salsa and a helping of the onions into a tortilla. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026 As the pancetta cooks, its savory, aromatic drippings become the backbone of the dish. — Inés Anguiano, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026 Southern cooks have been known to take liberties with classic recipes from time to time—it’s called creativity, for goodness sake! — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2026 These days, Southwick’s home hosts large Christmas gatherings each year where her grandson Clint cooks and relatives decorate. — Susan Young, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026 The cooks had been arrested, in the spring of 2022, after Russia seized the Azovstal factory, a vast metallurgical complex that became the last stronghold of Ukrainian troops in the city. — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 If said auntie cooks with abundant spices and palm oil, has an eye for striking colors and compositions, and sends you home with parcels of food wrapped like gifts, then London has succeeded admirably. — John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 For home cooks, there’s nothing worse than a recipe that promises a fast, easy meal—only to require hours of prep time and multiple shopping trips. — Staff Author, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2026

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If the public agrees with the FTC’s plan, personalized pricing could be found to violate the FTC Act when a seller misrepresents a price as static or widely available when it is actually personalized.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
Still, that correction has been used to manipulate the study data in a way that significantly misrepresents miscarriage risk associated with Covid-19 vaccinations.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of misrepresents

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When your braking system is working optimally, much of the shock absorption happens in the larger posterior chain muscles of the back of your body — specifically your lower back, glutes, hamstrings and calves.

— Dana Santas, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
And as that happens, financing and scale begin to matter more than owning the frontier model itself.

— Amit Joshi, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of happens

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Wyatt is a graduate of The Culinary School of Fort Worth and has trained with the Stockyard’s Star Cafe Executive Chef Victor Villarreal as well as other local chefs.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026
The organizers of the Jollof Festival have traveled across the United States to put this debate to the test, gathering thousands of people for blind tastings of regional jollof prepared by local chefs.

— Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of chefs

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The goal is to keep more legal work in-house and use outside counsel only when there is a specific reason to do so.

— Brian Maass, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
In a recent letter to the communities, CMS didn’t make any promises about a last-minute rescue and warned prices might be higher if there is an emergency allocation.

— Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026

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While many viewers praise the former child star as the beating heart of the series, her newfound success comes with heightened tabloid scrutiny, thecoverage wading into everything from her looks to her love life.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
The service Professionalism comes with genuine warmth, cheerfulness, and a sense of people absolutely loving their jobs.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of comes

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So does Kevin Reddington, the formidable defense attorney who is representing Clancy in her criminal trial, taking place in Plymouth, which is being live-streamed on the Internet and heavily covered on local news.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
Since the coupon amounts cannot change, the instrument that does is the bill, a Treasury security that matures in a year or less.

— James Broughel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

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