cook up

1. 1.

   prepare or cook by mixing ingredients

   “concoct a strange mixture”

   Synonymsconcoct

   Broadercook

   cooking

2. 2.

   concoct something artificial or untrue

   Synonymsfabricatemanufacturemake upinvent

   Broaderthink up

   Narrowermythologizeconfabulatetrump upspinvamp

Questions about cook up

What does cook up mean?

cook up means "prepare or cook by mixing ingredients". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for cook up?

Close synonyms include concoct, fabricate, manufacture, make up, invent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cook up a common word?

cook up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.