hacking

The word “hacking” has 2 syllables: hack-ing.

It's pronounced as /ˈhækɪŋ/.

What is synonym and antonym for hacking?

In the thesaurus, “hacking” has 118 synonyms and 59 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for hacking

accept
accepting
addressing
amputate
anger
bark
bother
break
bruise
burst
butcher
carve
chisel
choke
chop
cleave
confront
contort
crack
crumble
cube
curtail
cut
cut back
cut down
damage
deface
disable
disband
disfigure
dismember
distort
disturb
divide
drop
endure
enduring
engrave
etch
exasperate
fashion
flatten
gall
get by
go
grapple
grind
hack
handle
handling
harm
hew
hold
impair
incapacitate
incense
inflame
infuriate
injure
irk
irritate
isolate
lacerate
lower
maim
managing
mangle
manipulating
maul
mince
mold
mutilate
negotiating
nick
open
pare
provoke
ravage
raze
receive
rile
rip
rive
score
sculpt
separate
sever
shape
shave
shoot
shoot down
shorten
shred
slash
slice
slit
splinter
split
stand
standing
strip
suffer
sunder
survive
sustaining
taking
tear
tolerating
treating
tumble
vex
vomit
welcome
whack
whoop
wound
wreck
wrestle

Antonyms for hacking

adorn
agree
aid
assist
attach
avoiding
beautify
botching
bungling
calm
close
combating
combatting
combine
comfort
contesting
cure
declining
decorate
delight
disagree
dismissing
enable
escaping
fighting
fix
fumbling
heal
help
hide
improve
increase
join
lengthen
make happy
mend
mishandling
missing
muffing
opposing
ornament
placate
please
raise
refuse
refusing
reject
rejecting
repair
repudiating
resisting
rise
sew
soothe
stop
turn away
turning down
unite
wait

Meanings of hacking

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.
adjective
1. Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.
noun
1. Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.
2. Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.
3. A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.
4. A kick in the shins.
5. (massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.
6. A riding or journey on horseback.
7. The operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer.
8. The separation of a course of stones into two smaller courses, when there are not enough large stones to form a single course.
9. (gem-cutting) The cuts and grooves made in the metal laps by holding the cutting edge of a steel blade against them while in motion, for the purpose of providing receptacles or pockets for the powders using in cutting and polishing gems.
10. (brick-making) The piling of bricks for drying.

Example Sentences

He spent hours hacking away at the keyboard to uncover vulnerabilities in the system.
The cybersecurity expert detected unusual activity indicating a potential hacking attempt.
Hacking into private accounts is a serious violation of privacy and legality.
The organization invested in advanced software to prevent unauthorized hacking.
The news highlighted the increasing threat of state-sponsored hacking activities.

On this page you'll find 177 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hacking, such as: accept, accepting, addressing, adorn, agree, aid, amputate.

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