hooked

Other forms of hooked

comparative

hookedder·

superlative

hookeddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hooked

What does hooked mean?

hooked means "curved down like an eagle's beak". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hooked?

hooked has 1 syllable: hooked. In IPA it is /ˈhʊkt/.

What is another word for hooked?

Close synonyms include aquiline, dependent, dependant, drug-addicted, strung-out. 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 hooked a common word?

hooked is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.