HACKING Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

hacking

verb

present participle of hack

as in manipulating

to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently I doubt that she can hack a job with so many responsibilities

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as in handling

to put up with (something painful or difficult) she's not sure she can hack that miserable job much longer

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Recent Examples of hacking Sturm was not happy with the amount of hacking and whacking allowed on Swayman. —

Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026 Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Giveaway. —

AJC.com, 23 Apr. 2026 Fine-tuning datasets is a form of history-tweaking—a practice that resonates with the canon-hacking attempted by defense tech actors like Karp, Andreessen, and Luckey. —

Simon Denny, Artforum, 20 Apr. 2026 While hacking is hardly uncommon in the crypto world, the Drift breach was particularly sophisticated. —

Jack Kubinec, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026 The heads of the US Federal Reserve and Treasury urgently summoned Wall Street leaders last week on concerns about Mythos, which some fear may be a hacking superweapon that could destabilize the global financial system. —

Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 16 Apr. 2026 After reports emerged that Iran was hacking into CCTV cameras and home security cameras, officials asked residents to change their passwords. —

Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026 Players will need to visit the hub often to improve Hugh’s suit, weapons and Diana’s hacking. —

Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026 In addition to breaking down enemy defenses, Diana’s hacking ability is also used to open doors and solve puzzles, most of which are not really complicated. —

Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026

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This can involve pretending to be an IT customer support and manipulating an employee at a target company into handing over internal access.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
But even then, our team of artists got in there and just started manipulating things.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026