Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hook_up

2 senses of hookup

Sense 1
hookup -- (a device providing a connection between a power source and a user; "some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers")
       => connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective -- (an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers")

Sense 2
hookup, assemblage -- (a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose)
       => system -- (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hook_up

1 sense of hook up

Sense 1
hook up -- (connect or link; "hook up the houses to the gas supply line"; "Hook up the components of the new sound system")
       => attach -- (cause to be attached)