whiz
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7.3
- noun
- /wɪz/
- Informal
- My father was a computer whiz.
- whiz kid
- computer whiz
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Watch on YouTubeMaybe they were the pageant kid or the soccer star or the spelling bee champ or the chess whiz or the child actor or the virtuoso musician.
- Maybe they were the pageant kid or the soccer star or the spelling bee champ or the chess whiz or the child actor or the virtuoso musician.
- Tech genius, tech whiz kid, financial genius.
Examples
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"I'm a bit of a computer whiz, if I do say so myself."
Fiction book (1997) -
I'm a bit of a whiz on that thing.
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Your mother was a math teacher, and I was pretty much a whiz kid myself.
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Yeah, well, they realized I'm a whiz with numbers.
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Her mother was a whiz with words; she knew more words than the dictionary contained.
Fiction book (1990) -
He's a whiz at wills and, uh, taxes, estate planning.
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Mick was a whiz at inventing swimming games, and he kept Rowen laughing with his jokes.
Fiction book (2000) -
My father was a whiz at programming and could solve complex problems effortlessly.
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As a young whiz, she excelled in science competitions at school.
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The new employee quickly proved himself to be a whiz in digital marketing strategies.
Synonyms
694
4.9
A person with very strong intelligence or creative skill
51
7.0
A person who is very skilled and often admired at their job
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4.5
A person who is very good at a particular activity
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4.7
A person who is very skilled at a particular job or task
14
8.2
A young person who is very talented at something
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8.0
A person with very great skill, often in music or art
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7.3
A young person who is very good at business or technology
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8.4
A person who knows a lot about one subject
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8.9
A young person with great skill and success in one area
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8.6
A person who is very skilled at a task or subject
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4.7
A person who is very skilled at something
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6.9
A person or thing much better than others
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7.2
A person who is very skilled at a particular activity
1
9.9
A person who knows a lot about a subject and advises others
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How Skilled
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Etymology
Whiz as a noun for a very skilled person likely grew from the idea of quick, clever action, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of a wizard or someone with special skill. That's why a 'math whiz' is someone who is very fast and good at maths.