Hood

/hʊd/

Synonyms for "hood" (279 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (56)

Suffix(1 words)
-osity
Verb(1 words)
coifed

Strong matches (84)

Related words (139)

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Choosing the right synonym

  • Closest matches in this entry: bonnet, cowl, 'hood, -osity, accelerator.
  • Sentence evidence is available for hood, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
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Synonym selection checklist

  • Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
  • Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
  • Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "hood".
  • Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.

When not to replace "hood"

Keep "hood" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.

If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.

Replacement workflow

1. Preserve meaning

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2. Tune tone

Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.

3. Re-read context

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Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.

Final fit check

After choosing a replacement for "hood", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.

If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "hood" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

23 entries

Showing 16 of 23 words.

More specific

8 entries
aluminum hoodcarbon fiber hoodface coveringgangsterhead coveringparka hoodsweatshirt hoodthug

Collocations

11 entries
car hoodface coveringhead coveringhood latchhood ornamenthood over the headhood the victimhood uphooded sweatshirtrange hoodunder the hood

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Translations

96 translations across 59 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • kapuç noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • κάλυμμα noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Arabic

4 entries
  • زعبوط noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • قب noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • قَلَنْسُوَة noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • كابتشو noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Armenian

2 entries
  • կապիշոն noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • վեղար noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • başlıq noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • kapüşon noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • капюшон noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • каптур noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • капюшо́н noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • качу́лка noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Catalan

1 entries
  • caputxa noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 風帽 /风帽 noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Czech

1 entries
  • kapuce noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Danish

1 entries
  • hætte noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Dutch

2 entries
  • capuchon noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • kap noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • kapuĉo noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kapuuts noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Finnish

1 entries
  • huppu noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

French

2 entries
  • capuche noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • capuchon noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Galician

4 entries
  • caparuza noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • capelo noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • carapucha noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • carapucho noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Georgian

1 entries
  • კაპიშონი noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

German

1 entries
  • Kapuze noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Greek

1 entries
  • κουκούλα noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • בַּרְדָּס noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • קַפּוּצ׳וֹן noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Hindi

1 entries
  • हुड noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • csuklya noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • kapucni noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • hetta noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Ido

1 entries
  • kapuco noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • هود noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Irish

2 entries
  • cochall noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • maistín noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Italian

1 entries
  • cappuccio noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Japanese

2 entries
  • フード noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • 頭巾 noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • kapùza noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • башлық noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • далбай noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • далбағай noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • күләпара noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Korean

3 entries
  • 두건 noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • 후드 noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • 후드티 noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • башлык noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • капюшон noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Latin

2 entries
  • cucullus noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • tegillum noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ка́чулка noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Malay

1 entries
  • serkup noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Maltese

1 entries
  • barnuż noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • hette noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • hette noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Polish

1 entries
  • kaptur noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • capuz noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Romanian

1 entries
  • glugă noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Romansch

1 entries
  • capuza noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Russian

3 entries
  • башлы́к noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • капо́т noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • капюшо́н noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • cochall noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • kapuljača noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • капуљача noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Slovak

1 entries
  • kapucňa noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Slovene

1 entries
  • kapuca noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Spanish

4 entries
  • capirote noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • capucha noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • pasamontaña noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • pasamontañas noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Swedish

3 entries
  • huva noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • kapuschong noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • luva noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Tajik

1 entries
  • бошлиқ noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Tatar

1 entries
  • башлык noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Turkish

2 entries
  • başlık noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • kapüşon noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • başlyk noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • kapýuşon noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • відло́га noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • ка́птур noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • капюшо́н noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Urdu

1 entries
  • ہُڈ noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • boshliq noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • kapyushon noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • קאַפּטער noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)
  • קאַפּישאָן noun (covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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It's so hot that you could cook an egg on the hood of a car.

Source: tatoeba (1688)

We are familiar with the legend of Robin Hood.

Source: tatoeba (23111)

Open the hood.

Source: tatoeba (33063)

How do I open the hood?

Source: tatoeba (38363)

Showing 4 of 20 available sentences.

Common questions

What are the closest synonyms for "hood"?

Closest matches include bonnet, cowl, 'hood, -osity, accelerator.

How should I check whether a synonym fits "hood"?

Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.

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