hacks

The word “hacks” has 1 syllable: hacks.

It's pronounced as /hæks/.


What is synonym and antonym for hacks?

In the thesaurus, “hacks” has 40 synonyms and 27 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for hacks along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for hacks

  • accepts
  • addresses
  • amateurs
  • bangs
  • beats
  • beginners
  • blows
  • cabs
  • chips
  • clips
  • drudge
  • endures
  • hackers
  • handles
  • hits
  • hooks
  • kids
  • knocks
  • licks
  • manages
  • maneuvers
  • manipulates
  • novices
  • pokes
  • pounds
  • punches
  • slaps
  • smacks
  • spanks
  • stands
  • strokes
  • swipes
  • takes
  • taxies
  • taxis
  • thuds
  • thumps
  • tolerates
  • treats
  • whacks

Antonyms for hacks

  • aces
  • adepts
  • botches
  • bungles
  • combats
  • contests
  • craftsmen
  • declines
  • dismisses
  • experts
  • fights
  • fumbles
  • hands
  • masters
  • mishandles
  • muffs
  • opposes
  • past masters
  • refuses
  • rejects
  • repudiates
  • resists
  • scamps
  • sharks
  • sharps
  • spurns
  • turns down

Meanings of hacks

  • noun
    1. A tool for chopping.
    2. A hacking blow.
    3. A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
    4. A dry cough.
    5. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
    6. A try, an attempt.
    7. The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
    8. A mattock or a miner's pickaxe.
    9. An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.
    10. An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
    11. A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
    12. An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
    13. A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
    14. Time check.
    15. A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.
    16. A kick on the shins in football.
    17. Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
    18. A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
    19. A food-rack for cattle.
    20. A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
    21. A grating in a mill race.
    22. A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
    23. A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
    24. Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
    25. A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
    26. A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney coach, now typically a taxicab.
    27. A hearse.
    28. (authorship) An untalented writer.
    29. One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.).
    30. A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
    31. A political agitator. (slightly derogatory).
    32. A writer who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
    33. A procuress.
    34. A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
  • verb
    1. To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
    2. To cough noisily.
    3. To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
    4. To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
    5. To accomplish a difficult programming task.
    6. To work with something on an intimately technical level.
    7. (by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
    8. To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
    9. (by extension) To gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
    10. To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.
    11. To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
    12. To swing at a pitched ball.
    13. (soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
    14. To strike in a frantic movement.
    15. To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
    16. To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
    17. To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
    18. To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
    19. To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
    20. To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
    21. To live the life of a drudge or hack.
    22. To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
    23. To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
    24. To play hackeysack.

Example Sentences

  • In the kitchen, she shared her favorite cooking hacks for quick meal preparation.
  • The tech-savvy team discovered innovative coding hacks to streamline their software.
  • Social media influencers often reveal beauty and fashion hacks to their followers.
  • The experienced traveler offered useful packing hacks for maximizing luggage space.
  • As a productivity expert, he shared time-saving work hacks with his colleagues.

On this page you'll find 67 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hacks, such as: accepts, aces, addresses, adepts, amateurs, bangs, beats.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

bangs

  • blasts
  • blows
  • booms
  • bumps
  • claps
  • clips
  • collides
  • cracks
  • crashes
  • crew cut
  • hairdo
  • hairstyle
  • hits
  • kicks
  • knocks
  • licks
  • locks
  • nails
  • pokes
  • pops
  • pounds
  • punches
  • rams
  • shuts
  • slams
  • slaps
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • spanks
  • strikes
  • strokes
  • swipes
  • thrills
  • thuds
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • whacks

cabanas

  • box
  • bungalow
  • bungalows
  • cabin
  • cabins
  • camps
  • chalet
  • cot
  • cottage
  • cottages
  • home
  • hovel
  • hovels
  • hut
  • huts
  • lean-to
  • lodge
  • ranch
  • shack
  • shacks
  • shanties
  • shanty
  • shed
  • shelter
  • summer house

cabins

  • bays
  • box
  • camp
  • camps
  • cells
  • chalet
  • chambers
  • compartment
  • compartments
  • cottage
  • cottages
  • cubes
  • cubicles
  • home
  • hut
  • huts
  • lodge
  • room
  • shack
  • shacks
  • shanty
  • shed
  • shelter

dabs

  • adepts
  • anoints
  • artists
  • bedaubs
  • bits
  • blob
  • blows
  • brushes
  • chucks
  • claps
  • clasps
  • clenches
  • clutches
  • daub
  • daubs
  • digs
  • dollop
  • experts
  • fleck
  • flicks
  • glimmers
  • gurus
  • hands
  • hints
  • hits
  • jabs
  • knocks
  • licks
  • little
  • masters
  • palms
  • pats
  • plasters
  • pokes
  • pounds
  • punches
  • scholars
  • slaps
  • slathers
  • smacks
  • smear
  • smears
  • smudge
  • spanks
  • speck
  • specks
  • splashes
  • sprinklings
  • strokes
  • swab
  • swipes
  • tags
  • taps
  • thuds
  • thumps
  • tips
  • touches
  • virtuosi
  • virtuosos
  • whacks
  • wipe
  • wizards

hammers

  • assaults
  • attacks
  • bangs
  • batons
  • bats
  • batters
  • beats
  • beetles
  • bludgeons
  • claps
  • clips
  • cracks
  • create
  • cudgels
  • does
  • draws
  • forge
  • forges
  • gavels
  • hides
  • hits
  • jaws
  • knocks
  • lashes
  • lectures
  • licks
  • mallets
  • mauls
  • nails
  • nightsticks
  • pelts
  • pounds
  • punches
  • reprimands
  • rods
  • scolds
  • slams
  • slaps
  • sledgehammers
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • staves
  • strikes
  • swipes
  • thumps
  • truncheons
  • whacks
  • whips

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