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Synonyms of cook

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Another word for cook is do. Other synonyms of cook are cooker, bake, stew, fry and cook off.

Synonyms and similar words for cook

nounA person who prepares food.

verbTo be uncomfortably hot.

  • bakeTo cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
  • stewTo cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.

verbTo execute by electric chair.

  • fryTo cook (something) in hot fat.

verbTo hold on to a grenade briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately...

  • cook offUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cook, off.

verbTo throw.

  • flingTo throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
  • hurlTo throw (something) with force.
  • bung Australia, UK
  • castTo throw.
  • chuckTo throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
  • chunk slangTo throw.
  • dashTo throw violently.
  • dumpTo put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it.
  • feck
  • heaveTo throw, cast.
  • hieldTo throw; cast; put.
  • hoy AustraliaTo throw.
  • huckTo throw or chuck.
  • launchTo throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
  • lobTo throw.
  • peckTo throw.
  • peg slangTo throw.
  • pitchTo throw.
  • precipitateTo throw an object or person from a great height.
  • projectTo cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
  • quoitTo throw like a quoit.
  • shyTo throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
  • slightTo throw heedlessly.
  • skewTo hurl or throw.
  • slingTo throw with a circular or arcing motion.
  • throw
  • tossTo throw with an initial upward direction.
  • trajectTo throw or cast through, over, or across.
  • whang Australia, UKTo throw with a rapid slamming motion.
  • whipTo throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
  • whopTo throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact.
  • wingTo throw.
  • yeet slang
  • jerk obsoleteTo throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
  • hurtle archaic, literaryTo propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.
  • pick obsoleteTo throw; to pitch.
  • thrill obsoleteTo hurl; to throw; to cast.
  • warp obsolete, rareTo throw.

verbMore synonyms

  • doTo cook.

Meaning of cook

  1. noun A person who prepares food.
  2. noun The head cook of a manor house.
  3. noun The degree or quality of cookedness of food.

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Questions about synonyms of cook

What is another word for cook?
Cook has 44 synonyms on Word.ws, such as do, cooker, bake, stew, fry, cook off, fling and hurl.
What does cook mean?
Cook means a person who prepares food.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cook (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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