Whoa

/woʊ/

Synonyms for "whoa" (18 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Interjection(3 words)
ceasecheckgee
Noun(1 words)
freeze

Strong matches (5)

Adjective(1 words)
gnarly
Interjection(4 words)
goshhaltheyhold on

Related words (9)

Interjection(5 words)
hold uppausestopwaitwow
Adverb(1 words)
literally

Related word relations

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

4 relation types

More general

4 entries
directive expressionexpressioninterjectionstop verb

More specific

12 entries
bring to a stopcheck movementgee whizgollyhalt motionhang onhold itpause operationshut down processstall operationwait upyikes

Collocations

9 entries
shout whoawhoa buddywhoa hold onwhoa nellywhoa nowwhoa the cartwhoa the horsewhoa the wagonwhoa there

Inflections

2 entries

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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"Mmmmn ... maybe I'll have a hair of the dog." "Whoa, hold up a mo! Here, I cooked roast fish for this morning. You ought to be able to eat this OK."

Source: tatoeba (326717)

Whoa, if we keep chatting, despite actually arriving early, we'll end up late!

Source: tatoeba (329011)

Whoa! Where did that come from?

Source: tatoeba (698679)

Whoa, Kelly!

Source: tatoeba (2238057)

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