hoodlike

Hoodlike is an English adjective describing something that resembles a hood or has the form of a hood. The term can refer to literal hoods or hood-shaped coverings, as well as to shapes or silhouettes that evoke a hood’s enclosing contour. It is formed from the noun hood plus the suffix -like to function as a descriptive modifier in neutral prose.

In usage, hoodlike appears in fashion, design, architecture, and descriptive writing. It may describe a garment with a draped or rounded head-covering, a protective canopy, a curved architectural element that shelters beneath it, or the silhouette of an object that suggests a hood. The term can also be applied metaphorically to phenomena with an enveloping or sheltering appearance.

Usage notes: Hoodlike is somewhat formal and relatively uncommon in everyday speech. It is most appropriate in technical, literary, or product-description contexts where a precise, image-based comparison adds clarity. When a more common term would suffice, alternatives such as hooded, hood-like, or hood-shaped can be preferable.

See also: Hood, Hooded, -like suffix, Canopy, Enclosure.