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hacker
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of HACKER
1
a person who illegally gains access to a computer system and sometimes tampers with its information <the company's security experts spent days trying to figure out how a hacker could have gotten past the firewall>
Near Antonyms computerphobe, technophobe
2
a person who lacks experience and competence in an art or science <weekend golf hackers who are there mainly for the social networking>
Related Words beginner, freshman, greenhorn, kid, learner, neophyte, newcomer, novice, rookie, tenderfoot, tyro
Antonyms ace, adept, crackerjack (also crackajack), craftsman, expert, hand, master, past master, shark, sharp
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