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Synonyms of hunk

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Another word for hunk is chip. Other synonyms of hunk are cutting, portion, scrap, chunk and fragment.

Synonyms and similar words for hunk

nounA large or dense piece of something.

  • chunkA part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.
  • lump
  • bitA portion of something.
  • chipA small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
  • tranche
  • clipSomething which has been clipped from a larger whole.
  • crumbA small piece of any other solid substance.
  • crumblingMaterial that has crumbled away; crumbs.
  • cuttingA section removed from a larger whole.
  • flake
  • fragmentA part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.
  • ort
  • piece
  • piecemealA fragment; a scrap.
  • portionThat which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
  • scrapA (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
  • scrapletA little scrap; a small piece of something.
  • sliceA thin, broad piece cut off.
  • sneadA piece; bit; slice.
  • snippetA small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
  • fleak dialectal, obsoleteA thin piece that is chipped or peeled off from the surface of something else.
  • mammock obsoleteA shapeless piece; a fragment.
  • steck dialectal, obsoleteA piece or an item.

nounAn attractive man, especially one who is muscular.

  • beefcakeSuch a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.
  • studA sexually attractive, promiscuous male.
  • Chad slang
  • chicken
  • chick magnet US
  • himbo derogatory, slangA physically attractive man who lacks intelligence; the male equivalent of a bimbo.
  • lady-killerA man unusually attractive to women.
  • man-meat slang
  • pretty boy slangA good-looking young man, especially whose good looks are rather effeminate than masculine.
  • rizzlerSomeone exceptionally skilled at applying rizz; an expert seducer.
  • spunk AustraliaAn attractive person; a good-looker.
  • stud muffinA very attractive man.
  • superhunkA very physically attractive man.
  • twink slang
  • bona omi datedA beautiful man; a handsome man.
  • dimber cove obsolete
  • dreamboat dated, humorousAn exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man.

nounA honyock.

  • hickAn awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.
  • yokelA person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.
  • bogger Ireland, UKSynonym of boglander: an Irishman, now (Ireland, derogatory) a yokel, an Irishman from the countryside or (sometimes)...
  • bogtrotter Ireland
  • boor
  • bucolic
  • bydloSomeone who is backwards, lacking refinement and culture, usually a person of Slavic origin.
  • culchie IrelandAn unsophisticated rural person; a rustic or provincial.
  • carlA rude, rustic man; a churl.
  • churlA rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor.
  • corncob USA yokel.
  • cornhusker USA yokel.
  • country bumpkinAn unsophisticated person from the rural area of a particular country.
  • country cousinAn acquaintance from the countryside, who is regarded by city dwellers as being poorly adapted for city life.
  • clodhopper
  • dubbo AustraliaA foolish person.
  • joskinA yokel, country bumpkin.
  • hayseed USA rustic person; a yokel or bumpkin.
  • honyock US
  • promdiSomeone from the provinces; a hillbilly.
  • provincial
  • rube USA person of rural heritage; a yokel.
  • rusticAn unsophisticated or uncultured person.
  • woolly back UK
  • hob obsoleteA countryman; a rustic or yokel.
  • hobnail obsolete
  • hog-rubber obsoleteA coarse fellow only fit to such work as rubbing hogs.
  • lob obsoleteA country bumpkin; a yokel.

Meaning of hunk

  1. noun A large or dense piece of something.
  2. noun An attractive man, especially one who is muscular.
  3. noun A record of differences between almost contiguous portions of two files (or other sources of information). Differences that are widely separated by areas which are identical in both files would not be part of a single hunk. Differences that are separated by small regions which are identical in both files may comprise a single hunk. Patches are made up of hunks.

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Questions about synonyms of hunk

What is another word for hunk?
Hunk has 68 synonyms on Word.ws, such as chip, cutting, portion, scrap, chunk, fragment, slice and crumbling.
What does hunk mean?
Hunk means a large or dense piece of something.

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