Synonyms for hack

noun

1. A literary drudge

   scribbler, pulp-story writer, ghost writer, propaganda writer, inferior writer, writer of potboilers, free-lance writer, commercial writer, popular novelist, ghost*, free lance*, tenth rater*, penny-a-liner*; see also writer.

   Antonyms artist*, literary master, literary genius.

2. A coach for hire

   cab, taxicab, taxi, hackney; see carriage 2, vehicle 1.

3. A cut

   notch, nick, cleavage; see cut 2.

4. A horse for hire

   nag, hackney, crowbait*; see horse 1.

5. *Commercial driver, especially of a taxicab

   taxi driver, cab driver, chauffeur, cabbie; see driver.

verb