My mother is a whiz on her Kindle.
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Whiz
//wɪz//
Synonyms for "whiz" (244 found)
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Closest matches (49)
Strong matches (73)
Related words (122)
outstrip the windpast masterpeachpippippinpour it onpracticed handproprodigyprofessionalpurrrhonchusriprushsagescorchshootshushshushingsibilance
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15 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 11 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ῥοῖζος noun (whirring or hissing sound)
Bulgarian
4 entries- свистене noun (whirring or hissing sound)
- фучене noun (whirring or hissing sound)
- профучавам verb (to rush or move swiftly with such sound)
- свистя verb (to make a whirring or hissing sound)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- گڤە noun (whirring or hissing sound)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 呼啸 verb (to rush or move swiftly with such sound)
Finnish
4 entries- sihahdus noun (whirring or hissing sound)
- sihinä noun (whirring or hissing sound)
- suhahdus noun (whirring or hissing sound)
- sähinä noun (whirring or hissing sound)
French
1 entries- génie noun (someone remarkably skilled at something)
German
4 entries- Wunder noun (someone remarkably skilled at something)
- düsen verb (to rush or move swiftly with such sound)
- rauschen verb (to rush or move swiftly with such sound)
- schwirren verb (to rush or move swiftly with such sound)
Hungarian
4 entries- süvítés noun (whirring or hissing sound)
- száguld verb (to rush or move swiftly with such sound)
- süvít verb (to make a whirring or hissing sound)
- süvít verb (to rush or move swiftly with such sound)
Portuguese
1 entries- soprar com forte rugido verb (to rush or move swiftly with such sound)
Spanish
3 entries- crack noun (someone remarkably skilled at something)
- genio noun (someone remarkably skilled at something)
- soplar con un fuerte rugido verb (to rush or move swiftly with such sound)
Urdu
1 entries- جھومنا،ہلنا، verb (to rush or move swiftly with such sound)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Gee whiz!
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Mary is a whiz kid.
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He took a whiz around the back of the house.
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