Synonyms of cooking

cooking 1 of 2

noun

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cuisine
• cookery
• haute cuisine
• gastronomy

cooking

2 of 2

verb

present participle of cook

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• misrepresenting
• distorting
• coloring
• falsifying
• twisting
• complicating
• slanting
• warping
• misstating
• fudging
• bending
• perverting
• garbling
• misrelating
• misinterpreting
• censoring
• obscuring
• confusing
• misdescribing
• masking
• camouflaging
• disguising
• dissembling
• mistaking
• whitewashing
• mixing (up)
• glossing (over)
• mistranslating
• lying
• misspeaking
• veiling
• bowdlerizing
• mystifying
• fibbing
• prevaricating
• confounding
• equivocating
• paltering
• belying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• explaining
• interpreting
• illustrating
• clarifying
• illuminating
• clearing (up)
• spelling out
• deciphering

2

as in happening

to take place

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• happening
• being
• doing
• coming
• occurring
• coming down
• passing
• coming off
• coming about
• going on
• going down
• transpiring
• developing
• betiding
• coming to pass
• happing
• befalling
• chancing
• rising
• proceeding
• shaping (up)
• intervening
• coming up
• cropping (up)
• following
• springing (up)
• arising
• resulting
• materializing
• falling out
• breaking
• turning out
• going off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cooking

Noun

Separate the prep area from the cooking area from the cleanup area so every task has a landing spot. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026

Both restaurants are owned and run by Black chefs with serious fine-dining resumes and ambitious plans to take their deeply personal cooking to new heights. — Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Verb

Keep countertops clean while cooking with this playful ceramic spoon rest. — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026

Transportation is scarce and eggs, bread and cooking oil are hard to find. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026