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🎉 A joyful shout 🎉 An exclamation
huzzah

huzzah

3 9.9
A loud old-fashioned word people shout to show joy or approval
  • interjection
  • /həˈzɑː/
  • Archaic
translation icon : ¡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
359 9.9

A shout people make to show excitement or surprise

is older and used more for triumphant approval than surprise
yay
vshuzzah
  • Informal
185 6.0

A short shout people make to show happiness or excitement

is older in style and carries a more antique tone
hooray
vshuzzah
  • Informal
43 1.4

A short shout to show excitement or happiness

is more old-fashioned and formal than this common exclamation
rah
vshuzzah
  • Informal
40 8.5

A shout people make to show excitement or encouragement at sports

is broader and older, not tied mainly to sports use
hallelujah
vshuzzah
  • Informal
8 5.5

A word people say to show great joy or relief

is older and more playful rather than carrying sacred or intense tone
to ooh
vshuzzah
  • Informal
5 9.1

To make a short sound that shows admiration or surprise

is older and used broadly for triumph and approval rather than admiration
hurray
vshuzzah
5 2.6

A shout people make when they are happy or excited

is more antiquated and feels dated compared with this shout
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
heigh
vshuzzah
  • Archaic
5 9.9

A shout that shows joy or encourages others

is older too but used more for approval and triumph than general cheer
whooo
vshuzzah
  • Informal
5 9.4

A shout of strong excitement or joy

is shorter and sounds more antique than this elongated cheer
hoorah
vshuzzah
  • Informal
3 7.9

A short shout people say to show joy or approval

is more archaic and literary in tone than this cheer
whee
vshuzzah
  • Informal
3 9.8

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

is older and usually sincere rather than ironic or playful
yippie
vshuzzah
  • Informal
2 8.7

A short shout people make to show excitement or happiness

is older and more formal than this playful, informal cry
woop
vshuzzah
  • Informal
1 8.9

A short shout that shows joy or excitement

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

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

is aimed at general joy or triumph rather than personal praise
wooo
vshuzzah
  • Informal
1 8.2

A loud shout people make to show excitement

is older and more traditional in use than this celebration
to hurrah
vshuzzah
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
to woot
vshuzzah
  • Slang
9.9

To shout a short cry of joy online

is older and not usually used as an internet chant
wahoo
vshuzzah
  • Informal
9.3

A loud shout to show joy or excitement

is more antique and less colloquial than this energetic cry
hotcha
vshuzzah
  • Archaic
9.9

A shout used to show excitement or approval

is similarly old-fashioned but focused on joy or triumph specifically

Antonyms

boo
70 5.9

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

disapproval
45 3.0

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

How Joyful

yippie
  • Informal
2 8.7
hurrah
32 5.3
huzzah
  • Archaic
3 9.9
hooray
  • Informal
43 1.4
bravo
131 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.