Synonyms of cooks

cooks 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of cook

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• misrepresents
• distorts
• perverts
• falsifies
• twists
• colors
• fudges
• slants
• complicates
• warps
• misstates
• misinterprets
• garbles
• bends
• confuses
• misrelates
• censors
• obscures
• mistakes
• mistranslates
• disguises
• masks
• misspeaks
• misdescribes
• camouflages
• dissembles
• bowdlerizes
• mystifies
• glosses (over)
• whitewashes
• mixes (up)
• lies
• prevaricates
• veils
• equivocates
• confounds
• belies
• palters
• fibs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• explains
• interprets
• illustrates
• clarifies
• spells out
• illuminates
• clears (up)
• deciphers

2

as in happens

to take place

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• happens
• is
• comes
• does
• occurs
• comes down
• comes to pass
• transpires
• goes on
• comes off
• comes about
• goes down
• passes
• chances
• befalls
• rises
• haps
• betides
• develops
• intervenes
• arises
• shapes (up)
• proceeds
• materializes
• crops (up)
• turns out
• springs (up)
• breaks
• follows
• results
• falls out
• comes up
• goes off

cooks

2 of 2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chefs
• bakers
• culinarians
• cookers
• pâtissiers
• grillers
• barbecuers
• patissiers