Synonyms for cooking

Most common

preparation · cookery · boiling · culinary art

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The process of preparing food by using heat.

Related words

Word family

cookingware

Phrases

cooking soda cooking base cooking turner modernist cooking cooking pot cooking apple cooking plate cooking with gas

Forms

Plural

cookings → cookeries, preparations, boilings, cuisines…

Example sentences

• preparation We are studying hard in preparation for the exams.
• cookery Ziri asked Rima if he could borrow her cookery book.
• boiling Tom was boiling up with a fever and hallucinating.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters

boiling², cuisine², cookery

11 letters

preparation⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (boiling² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

cuistance