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🎉 An exclamation 🎉 A joyful shout
huzzah

huzzah

6 9.9
A loud old-fashioned word people shout to show joy or approval
  • interjection
  • /həˈzɑː/
  • Archaic
: ¡hurra!
  • This is long overdue, but if nothing else, it is at least very public and publicly damning to the anti-vax movement, and I say "huzzah!"

Examples

Synonyms

hoo
vshuzzah
  • Informal
389 9.9

A shout people make to show excitement or surprise

is older and used more for triumphant approval than surprise
yay
vshuzzah
  • Informal
196 6.0

A short shout people make to show happiness or excitement

is older in style and carries a more antique tone
hallelujah
vshuzzah
  • Informal
121 5.5

A word people say to show great joy or relief

is older and more playful rather than carrying sacred or intense tone
hooray
vshuzzah
  • Informal
58 1.4

A short shout to show excitement or happiness

is more old-fashioned and formal than this common exclamation
rah
vshuzzah
  • Informal
49 8.5

A shout people make to show excitement or encouragement at sports

is broader and older, not tied mainly to sports use
hurray
vshuzzah
32 2.6

A shout people make when they are happy or excited

is more antiquated and feels dated compared with this shout
hubba
vshuzzah
  • Archaic
14 9.9

A short shout showing excitement and admiration about someone's appearance

is aimed at general joy or triumph rather than personal praise
whooo
vshuzzah
  • Informal
9 9.4

A shout of strong excitement or joy

is shorter and sounds more antique than this elongated cheer
to ooh
vshuzzah
  • Informal
8 9.1

To make a short sound that shows admiration or surprise

is older and used broadly for triumph and approval rather than admiration
wooo
vshuzzah
  • Informal
8 8.2

A loud shout people make to show excitement

is older and more traditional in use than this celebration
heigh
vshuzzah
  • Archaic
7 9.9

A shout that shows joy or encourages others

is older too but used more for approval and triumph than general cheer
wahoo
vshuzzah
  • Informal
5 9.3

A loud shout to show joy or excitement

is more antique and less colloquial than this energetic cry
woohoo
vshuzzah
  • Informal
5 7.4

A loud shout people make to show excitement or joy

is older and more formal sounding than this casual cry
yippie
vshuzzah
  • Informal
5 8.7

A short shout people make to show excitement or happiness

is older and more formal than this playful, informal cry
hoorah
vshuzzah
  • Informal
5 7.9

A short shout people say to show joy or approval

is more archaic and literary in tone than this cheer
woop
vshuzzah
  • Informal
4 8.9

A short shout that shows joy or excitement

is more old-fashioned and tied to older language use
hotcha
vshuzzah
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A shout used to show excitement or approval

is similarly old-fashioned but focused on joy or triumph specifically
whee
vshuzzah
  • Informal
1 9.8

A short sound people make to show fake excitement about something boring

is older and usually sincere rather than ironic or playful
to woot
vshuzzah
  • Slang
1 9.9

To shout a short cry of joy online

is older and not usually used as an internet chant
to hurrah
vshuzzah
1 8.1

To shout loudly to show joy or approval

is older in style and more old-fashioned in tone
hoojah
vshuzzah
  • Informal
9.9

A loud shout of joy people make together at events like games

is older and used more singly or formally rather than in groups

Antonyms

disapproval
45 3.0

A feeling that shows you do not agree with someone or what they do

boo
44 5.9

A loud sound people make to show they do not like something

How Joyful

yippie
  • Informal
5 8.7
hurrah
14 5.3
huzzah
  • Archaic
6 9.9
hooray
  • Informal
58 1.4
bravo
119 5.3

Surface Forms

huzzah main

Etymology

Huzzah is an old cheering shout and a cousin of hurrah and hooray, probably a variant of huzza. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine a crowd crying 'hooray' or 'victory', so to cry huzzah is to show joy, approval, or triumph.