Swish

//swɪʃ//

Synonyms for "swish" (128 found)

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Closest matches (26)

classy lap assibilate assibilation babble bent bubble burble buzz campy chic crinkle dashing de rigueur effeminate effervesce effervescence effervescing elegant exclusive

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fashionable

Adjective(1 words)

classy

Noun(4 words)

dudelet effeminate man fakaleitī femboy

Strong matches (38)

Adjective(1 words)

feminine

fizz fizzle fizzling flash flourish frication frictional rustling fruity gay guggle gurgle hiss hissing homosexual hush hushing in kinky lisp modish

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plash plush posh purl queer rhonchus

Noun(9 words)

fruit gentleman mangina otokonoko pansy percy pretty boy pruno queen

Verb(1 words)

lap

Adjective(1 words)

posh

Related words (64)

ripple ritzy rustle sharp shush shushing sibilance sibilate sibilation siffle sigmatism siss sissing sizz sizzle sizzling slosh smart snappy sneeze

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Noun(3 words)

softling soy boy twink

Verb(3 words)

sough swoosh swosh

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

3 entries

go sound

Synonyms

2 entries

classy lap

Related terms

2 entries

swoosh whoosh

derived

5 entries

aswish swish cymbal swish-swash swishity swishness

has context

4 entries

basketball british gay slang slang

is a

1 entries

sound

related to

15 entries

backboard effeminate fashionable flog flourish homosexual lash liquid rim smooth sophisticated stylish switch swoosh whoosh

similar

2 entries

fashionable stylish

Translations

41 translations across 11 languages.

Bulgarian

4 entries

елегантен adj (sophisticated; fashionable; smooth)
шик adj (sophisticated; fashionable; smooth)
бия verb (to flog; to lash)
размахвам verb (to flourish with a swishing sound)

Czech

4 entries

elegantní adj (sophisticated; fashionable; smooth)
šik adj (sophisticated; fashionable; smooth)
mrskat verb (to flog; to lash)
svištět verb (to make a rustling sound while moving)

Finnish

4 entries

kahista verb (to make a rustling sound while moving)
neiteillä verb (to behave in an effeminate manner)
piiskata verb (to flog; to lash)
viuhtoa verb (to flourish with a swishing sound)

French

4 entries

chic adj (sophisticated; fashionable; smooth)
doux adj (sophisticated; fashionable; smooth)
en vogue adj (sophisticated; fashionable; smooth)
lisse adj (sophisticated; fashionable; smooth)

Latvian

1 entries

žvīkstēt verb (to make a rustling sound while moving)

Māori

3 entries

huhū verb (to make a rustling sound while moving)
wara verb (to make a rustling sound while moving)
wawara verb (to make a rustling sound while moving)

Polish

4 entries

elegancki adj (sophisticated; fashionable; smooth)
luksusowy adj (sophisticated; fashionable; smooth)
szykowny adj (sophisticated; fashionable; smooth)
piszczeć verb (to make a rustling sound while moving)

Portuguese

1 entries

xuá noun (successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard)

Russian

1 entries

шика́рный adj (sophisticated; fashionable; smooth)

Spanish

1 entries

sofisticado, refinado adj (sophisticated; fashionable; smooth)

Swedish

2 entries

svischa verb (to make a rustling sound while moving)
svischa verb (to flourish with a swishing sound)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Dogs wag their tails and cats swish theirs.

Source: tatoeba (623279)

This restaurant looks very swish — it even has linen tablecloths.

Source: wiktionary

All the shabby railway buildings in front of the station concourse have either been removed or transformed into a shopping complex and swish homes.

Source: wiktionary

When the boys go swish, they always score

Source: wiktionary

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