COOKING Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of cooking

as in cuisine

the art or style of preparing food (as in a specified region) a TV show that teaches viewers the basics of French cooking

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verb

present participle of cook

as in misrepresenting

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 happening

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

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Recent Examples of cooking

Noun

Best known as a carcinogenic byproduct of cooking starchy food and burning tobacco, acrylamide can be acutely toxic in high doses. — Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026 What to order The menu moves beyond the familiar butter chicken and tikka masala lineup, pulling from regional Indian cuisine across the subcontinent — small and large plates, tandoor cooking, chaat and seafood. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026

Verb

Imad, from Lebanon, operates back of the house cooking chicken shawarma, gyros, falafel and their delicious house salads. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2026 Before filming, the actors playing the family spent time grocery shopping and cooking together, and even went hiking with a wheelchair, building the ease and affection Lee wanted to bring to the screen. — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cooking

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooking

Noun

Traditional dishes, transformed Salinari grew up with two kinds of cuisines.

— Candy Hom, AJC.com, 17 Oct. 2026
These days, takeout cartons come in a variety of shapes, and the food landscape has expanded to include a range of cuisines that might show up in the former oyster pail.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of cuisine

Verb

Settlement talks collapsed in late August after Bonta accused Paramount of leaking and misrepresenting their discussions.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
At that public meeting, several parents said Adams should have been fired for misleading them and misrepresenting the condition of the Earl Warren ATP facilities.

— Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of misrepresenting

Verb

But while fans wait to see what happens, Davies, despite no longer being involved in the show, assured that a new series was definitely happening and there wouldn’t be too long to wait.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
There’s plenty of other awful things happening in the episode, almost all of them revolving around Sai.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of happening

Verb

But attorneys for the group Defenders of Wildlife said the government was distorting the environmental law’s definition of a species by focusing only on the populations in Minnesota and the Northern Rockies.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
The absurdist look at greed and climate change, reality and the distorting power of media, feckless world leaders and rapacious billionaires, struggled to get off the ground.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of distorting

Verb

Any company doing a div-recap is likely taking a forward-looking view that the IPO market will be closed in the short run.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Donaldson’s wife, Eleanor Donaldson, 60, was found to have aided and abetted her husband’s offenses for witnessing the abuse and doing nothing to intervene.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of doing

Verb

In a matter of weeks, when the midterm results are tallied and the next campaign begins, Democrats with presidential dreams know the question will be coming.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Rice could return in the coming week after suffering a strained hamstring.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of coming

Verb

Although smoking remains the leading cause of lung cancer, Sepesi said other risk factors include secondhand smoke and exposure to radon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can accumulate inside homes.

— Tori Mason, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
At the same time, this super El Niño is occurring in a world in which the oceans are already record warm, adding heat on top of heat.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of occurring

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