Antonyms for
hood
A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
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No Antonyms Found for Hood

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All Definitions for Hood

Below are all the dictionary definitions of hood:

1A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
2The hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle, known as a bonnet in other countries.
3A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.
4A cover over the engine, driving machinery or inner workings of something.
5An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
6Gangster, thug.
7A neighborhood.
8Any poor suburb or neighbourhood.
9A distinctively colored fold of material, representing a university degree.
10A head covering placed on falcons to inhibit their vision.
11A head and neck covering placed on horses to protect against insects and sunlight, to slow coat growth and for warmth.
12One of the endmost planks (or, one of the ends of the planks) in a ship’s bottom at bow or stern, that fits into the rabbet. (These, when fit into the rabbet, resemble a hood (covering).)
13An expansion on the sides of the neck typical for many elapids e.g. the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) and Indian cobra (Naja naja).
14The osseous or cartilaginous marginal extension behind the back of many a dinosaur such as a ceratopsid and reptiles such as Chlamydosaurus kingii.
15The prepuce
16The foreskin or clitoral hood.
17In the human hand, over the extensor digitorum, an expansion of the extensor tendon over the metacarpophalangeal joint (the extensor hood syn. dorsal hood syn. lateral hood)
18To grow over the eyelid but not the eye itself.
19To extend out from (something), in the manner of a hood.
20To cover (something) with a hood.
21Particular parts of conveyances
22A metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes.
23Various body parts
24Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects
25Especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.
26Person wearing a hoodie.
27A surname.
28A placename:
29A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.
30An unincorporated community in Madison County, Virginia, United States.
31Ellipsis of Hood County. [One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Granbury.]
32Ellipsis of Hood River. [A river in Nunavut, Canada, which flows into the Arctic Ocean.]

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About antonyms for hood

Finding the right antonym for hood helps writers create contrast, clarify meaning, and add depth to their work. Defined as "A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.", hood has 0 opposite words that can be used to express contrasting ideas.

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