hook

1 to cause to turn away from a straight line

the pitcher hooked the ball, and the batter missed

Synonyms of hook

arch, bend, bow, crook, curve, swerve

Words Related to hook

arc, round

incurvate, incurve, inflect, reflect

deflect, divert

entwine, kink, swirl, turn, twine, twist, veer, warp

coil, curl, enroll (also enrol), loop, spiral

dent, dimple

meander, wave, weave, wind

decline, incline, slope

Antonyms of hook

straighten, unbend, uncurl

2 to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole

hooked up three short chains together to make a longer necklace

Synonyms of hook

catenate, chain, compound, concatenate, conjugate, connect, couple, hitch, interconnect, interlink, join, link, yoke

Words Related to hook

articulate, dovetail, integrate, interlock, intermesh

cord, string, wire

cement, coalesce, combine, fuse, unite, weld

Near Antonyms of hook

detach, disengage, divide, part, split

cleave, rupture, sever, sunder

Antonyms of hook

disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, disunite, separate, unchain, uncouple, unhitch, unlink, unyoke

3 to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep

the monkey hooked four bananas from the basket and scampered away to enjoy them

Synonyms of hook

appropriate, boost [slang], filch, heist, lift, misappropriate, nick [British slang], nip, pilfer, pinch, pocket, purloin, rip off, snitch, steal, swipe, thieve

Words Related to hook

burglarize, knock over, rob

loot, pillage, plunder, sack

carjack, hijack (also highjack)

pick, rifle

poach, rustle, shoplift

collar, grab, grasp, nail, seize, snatch, take

mooch, sponge

abduct, kidnap, shanghai, spirit

Phrases Synonymous with hook

make away with, make off with, run off with, walk off with

Near Antonyms of hook

buy, purchase

bestow, contribute, donate, give, hand over, present

4 to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly

I hooked the biggest fish of the day, and then released it

Synonyms of hook

bag, capture, catch, collar, cop [slang], corral, get, glom, grab, grapple, land, nab, nail, net, nobble

Synonyms and Antonyms of hook

WORD OF THE DAY

contrite