Synonyms of hooked

hooked 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in dependent

having a compulsive need for a harmful substance or activity

The group's mission is to help those who become hooked on opioids.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dependent
• addicted
• strung out
• craving
• jonesing
• spaced
• ripped
• intoxicated
• blasted
• stoned
• loaded
• bombed
• hopped-up
• wiped out
• blitzed
• wasted
• zonked
• zonked-out
• high
• spaced-out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straight
• sober
• clean
• nonaddicted
• temperate
• clearheaded
• abstinent
• abstemious

2

as in used

having a great interest or need to do or have something

The couple got immediately hooked on the new show, and it became must-watch television for them.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• used
• accustomed
• addicted
• serial
• likely
• liable
• inclined
• prone
• apt
• repeat
• persistent
• given
• habituated
• confirmed
• entrenched
• steady
• wont
• inherent
• unfailing
• intrinsic
• chronic
• inbred
• innate
• regular
• unchanging
• intrenched
• habitual
• inveterate
• deep-seated
• deep-rooted
• dyed-in-the-wool
• bred-in-the-bone

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opposed
• unlikely
• averse
• indifferent
• uninterested
• apathetic
• disinclined
• unused
• occasional
• unaccustomed
• intermittent
• unapt
• unwonted

hooked

2 of 2

verb

past tense of hook

1

as in arched

to cause to turn away from a straight line

the pitcher hooked the ball, and the batter missed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arched
• curled
• turned
• curved
• bowed
• crooked
• twisted
• bent
• swerved
• weaved
• rounded
• waved
• veered
• diverted
• swirled
• reflected
• deflected
• arced
• looped
• coiled
• enrolled
• entwined
• inflected
• spiraled
• inclined
• kinked
• incurved
• twined
• winded
• meandered
• warped
• dented
• spiralled
• incurvated
• wound
• dimpled
• sloped
• declined

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straightened
• uncurled
• unbent

2

as in connected

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 & Similar Words

• connected
• coupled
• integrated
• strung
• linked
• interconnected
• combined
• joined
• chained
• yoked
• compounded
• hitched
• conjugated
• interlinked
• wired
• welded
• catenated
• interlocked
• concatenated
• dovetailed
• fused
• articulated
• cemented
• intermeshed
• corded
• coalesced
• united

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disconnected
• separated
• unhitched
• divided
• uncoupled
• split
• disjoined
• disjointed
• detached
• disengaged
• disunited
• parted
• severed
• dissevered
• unchained
• unyoked
• cleaved
• unlinked
• ruptured
• cleft
• sundered

3

as in stole

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 & Similar Words

• stole
• swiped
• lifted
• grabbed
• snatched
• pinched
• robbed
• pocketed
• pilfered
• nicked
• filched
• appropriated
• nipped
• purloined
• ripped off
• picked
• boosted
• hijacked
• snitched
• took
• misappropriated
• made away with
• made off with
• seized
• ran off with
• heisted
• thieved
• walked off with
• plundered
• knocked over
• looted
• sacked
• nailed
• grasped
• poached
• rifled
• pillaged
• burglarized
• kidnapped
• highjacked
• collared
• rustled
• kidnaped
• abducted
• sponged
• spirited
• carjacked
• mooched
• shoplifted
• shanghaied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• purchased
• bought
• presented
• gave
• contributed
• donated
• bestowed
• handed over

4

as in grabbed

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

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grabbed
• caught
• snatched
• got
• seized
• captured
• landed
• trapped
• snagged
• snared
• nabbed
• nailed
• netted
• corralled
• rapped
• grappled
• bagged
• collared
• snapped (up)
• copped
• took hold (of)
• glommed
• grasped
• arrested
• roped
• nobbled
• clutched
• held
• gripped
• secured
• apprehended
• cornered
• gloved
• ensnared
• lassoed
• detained
• clasped
• kidnapped
• enmeshed
• entrapped
• entangled
• kidnaped
• meshed
• fisted
• fastened (on)
• haltered
• abducted
• latched (on or onto)
• rent
• wrested
• bayed
• rended
• immeshed
• spirited (away or off)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• released
• discharged
• freed
• dropped
• liberated
• loosened
• unhanded

5

as in curved

to turn away from a straight line or course

hang the bird feeder on a branch that hooks upward

Synonyms & Similar Words

• curved
• swept
• turned
• rounded
• bowed
• fell off
• crooked
• arced
• arched
• bent
• curled
• looped
• wheeled
• winded
• swerved
• trended
• circled
• coiled
• spiraled
• spiralled
• twisted
• veered
• wound
• curlicued
• deviated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straightened

Examples of hooked in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The hooked gator then dove for the bottom, peeling drag and pulling the boat in circles as the hunters hung on for the ride. —Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024

An explosion of brown and white feathers, a hooked beak, and fierce claws emerged. —Bydina Fine Maron, science.org, 10 July 2024

But even with the frenzy of fast food options, consumers don’t appear to be too hooked on KFC’s chicken offerings, nor Pizza Hut’s pizza pies. —Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 6 Aug. 2024

The machine has a series of hooked needles with latches that can be instructed to engage with manipulating the yarn, as the rows of knitting build both horizontally and vertically. —New Atlas, 31 July 2024