Cooked and Raw

Cooked

Cooked adjective - Having been prepared for eating by the application of heat.

Raw is an antonym for cooked.

Nearby Words: cook, cooking, cooker

Raw

Raw adjective - Not cooked.
Usage example: you should wash your hands after handling raw chicken

Cooked is an antonym for raw in topics: uncooked, prepared, harsh, exposed, inexperienced.

Nearby Word: rawness

Both words in one sentence

  • Hideous Hangover Cure It seems to go either way on whether the eels were eaten cooked or raw, and at least some versions had the eels and bitter almonds being made into a paste together.
  • Video Game / 7 Days to Die Zombies can't detect you if they can't see you (meaning, if you are not in their line of sight or if something hides you from them), but they are attracted by odours (such as cooked or raw meat).
  • Grey learning the hard way that there's a difference between cooked and raw bacon.
    Source: Sense Freak
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Raw and Cooked. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cooked/raw
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