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cook - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | cook |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who prepares food |
| Synonyms: | baker, chef, servant, culinarian, hash slinger, mess sergeant, sous chef |
| Main Entry: | cook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare food, usually using heat |
| Synonyms: | bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, devil, doctor*, fix, fry, griddle, grill, heat, imbue, melt, microwave, mull, nuke*, parch, percolate, poach, reduce, roast, ruin*, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, simmer, sizzle, spoil*, steam, steep, stew, toast, French fry, braise, decoct, deep fry, escallop, fricassee, panfry, parboil, pressure-cook, sauté, warm up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adulterate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alter or debase, often for profit |
| Synonyms: | alloy, amalgamate, attenuate, blend, cheapen, commingle, contaminate, cook, corrupt, cut*, defile, degrade, depreciate, deteriorate, devalue, dilute, dissolve, doctor*, falsify, impair, infiltrate, irrigate, lace*, mingle, mix, plant*, pollute, shave*, spike*, taint, thin, vitiate, water down, weaken, denature, doctor up, intermix, make impure, phony up, transfuse |
| Antonyms: | clarify, clean, cleanse, distill, filter, free, purify, refine |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | baker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who cooks baked goods |
| Synonyms: | chef, cook, dough puncher, pastry maker |
| Main Entry: | befall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen to; take place |
| Synonyms: | action, betide, break, chance, come down, come off, cook*, develop, ensue, fall, fall out, follow, go, go down, happen, jell*, materialize, occur, shake*, smoke*, transpire, bechance, come to pass, cook up a storm, cook with gas, gel, hap, supervene |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | curb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repress, restrict |
| Synonyms: | abstain, bit, bottle up*, bridle, check, clog, constrain, contain, control, cook*, deny, fetter, hamper, hinder, hobble, hold back, ice*, impede, inhibit, leash, manacle, moderate, muzzle, refrain, restrain, retard, scrub*, shackle, subdue, suppress, tame, tie, tie up, withhold, box in, bring to screeching halt, cool down, cool off, entrammel, hog-tie, hold down, hold in, keep lid on, keep tight rein on, rein in, send up |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, encourage, foster, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dilute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make thinner; weaken |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, alter, attenuate, cook, cut, decrease, diffuse, diminish, doctor*, irrigate, lace, lessen, liquefy, mitigate, mix, moderate, modify, needle*, plant, qualify, reduce, shave*, spike, temper, water, water down, deliquesce, doctor up, phony up |
| Antonyms: | concentrate, strengthen, thicken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pure; draw out something |
| Synonyms: | brew, clarify, concentrate, condense, cook, cut, cut down, dribble, drip, drop, evaporate, express, extract, ferment, infuse, precipitate, press, purify, rectify, refine, steam, sublimate, trickle, trim, vaporize, boil down, cut to the bone, get to the meat, press out, rarefy, squeeze out, volatilize |
| Antonyms: | dirty, pollute |
| Main Entry: | engineer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devise; bring about |
| Synonyms: | angle, arrange, cause, come up with, con, conceive, concoct, contrive, control, cook*, create, direct, doctor, effect, encompass, finagle*, jockey*, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, negotiate, operate, organize, originate, plan, plant, plot, rig*, scam, scheme, set up, superintend, supervise, swing, upstage, wangle, work, play games, pull strings, pull wires, put one on, put one over, put over, put through |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | falsify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alter, misrepresent |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, belie, change, color, con, contort, contradict, contravene, cook, counterfeit, deacon, deceive, deny, distort, doctor, dress up*, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, fake, fib, forge, garble, gloss, lie, misstate, palter, pervert, prevaricate, promote, put on an act*, salt*, traverse, twist, warp, fake it, four-flush, frame up, misquote, phony up, tamper with, trump up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | function |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform, work |
| Synonyms: | act, act the part, be in action, be in commission, be in operation, be running, behave, cook, do, do duty, do one's thing, get with it, go, go to town, move, officialize, officiate, operate, percolate*, react, run, serve, take, take care of business |
| Antonyms: | idle, malfunction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outdo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | better, overcome |
| Synonyms: | beat, best, bulldoze*, bury*, cook*, cream*, defeat, do in*, down*, eclipse, exceed, excel, lick*, outclass, outdistance, outfox, outmaneuver, outshine, outstrip, shake off*, snow*, surpass, top, transcend, trash*, blow out of water, fake out, go one better, leave behind, outgun, outjockey, outrival, outsmart, pull a fast one, shoot ahead |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prepare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or get ready |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, anticipate, appoint, arrange, assemble, brace, build up, coach, concoct, construct, contrive, cook, develop, dispose, draw up, endow, equip, fabricate, fashion, fill in, fit, fix, form, formulate, fortify, furnish, gird, groom, make, make up, outfit, perfect, plan, practice, prime, produce, provide, put together, qualify, ready, settle, steel*, strengthen, supply, train, turn out, fit out, lay the groundwork, make provision, put in order, smooth the way, warm up |
| Antonyms: | disorganize, ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rustle up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provide |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, arrange, assemble, bring, cater, cook, furnish, give, hand over, indulge, make, prepare, present, produce, put together, ready, render, serve, supply, turn out, get ready, scrape up, take care of |
| Main Entry: | scorch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn |
| Synonyms: | bake, blacken, blister, broil, char, cook, melt, parch, roast, scald, sear, seethe, shrivel, simmer, singe, stale, stew, swelter, wither |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
| Main Entry: | sear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry, burn |
| Synonyms: | blight, brand, brown, cauterize, cook, dehydrate, desiccate, harden, parch, scorch, seal, shrivel, sizzle, tan, toast, wilt, wither, burn up, dry out, dry up, exsiccate |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
| Main Entry: | shift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | switch, fluctuate |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, alter, blow hot and cold*, budge, change, cook*, deviate, dislocate, displace, disturb, do up*, drift, exchange, fault, flip-flop*, hem and haw*, move, rearrange, remove, replace, ship, shuffle, slip, stir, substitute, swerve, tack, transfer, transpose, turn, vacillate, vary, veer, waffle, bottom out, change gears, dial back, move around, move over, recalibrate, relocate, reposition, swap places, switch over, transmogrify, turn around, turn the corner, turn the tables, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | deactivate, remain, stagnate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | simmer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | boil, smolder |
| Synonyms: | bubble, burn, churn, cook, effervesce, ferment, fizz, fret, fume, rage, seethe, smart, sparkle, stew, stir, warm, be agitated, be angry, be tense, be uptight, fricassee, parboil |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
| Main Entry: | singe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn |
| Synonyms: | blacken, blaze, brand, brown, cauterize, char, cook, flame, ignite, incinerate, parch, scald, scorch, sear, toast, torch |
| Main Entry: | sizzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hiss, fry |
| Synonyms: | broil, brown, buzz, cook, crackle, fizz, fizzle, grill, roast, sear, spit, sputter, swish, wheeze, whisper, whiz, frizzle, sibilate |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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