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whizzer

whizzer

7.3
Something very fast or impressive
  • noun
  • /ˈwɪzər/
  • Slang
translation icon : genio
  • What a whizzer!

Examples

  • Whizzer's the boss, he... he runs the place.

    Blackway (2015)

  • What a whizzer!

    A Night to Remember (1958)

  • That done, he excused himself from the camera crew of one—they traveled light in those days—because he had to take a first-class whizzer.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The athlete is such a whizzer; he broke the record for the 100-meter sprint.

  • Everyone was impressed by her performance; she really is a whizzer at singing.

  • With his incredible speed, Jordan is known as the whizzer on the racing team.

Synonyms

hotshot
vswhizzer
  • Informal
71 7.0

A person who is very skilled and often admired at their job

is the wider term that covers fast, excellent, or impressive things without envy focus
whiz
vswhizzer
  • Informal
43 7.3

A person who is very skilled at something like math or computers

is broader, also used for fast or generally excellent people or things
wiz
vswhizzer
  • Informal
17 8.6

A person who is very skilled at a task or subject

is broader, applying also to fast or generally outstanding people or things
speedster
vswhizzer
16 4.1

A person, animal, or vehicle that moves very fast

is broader, used for any fast, excellent, or very impressive person or thing
ripper
vswhizzer
  • Archaic
8 8.8

Something or someone that is very exciting and impressive

is the neutral term used formally or informally for excellence or speed
wunderkind
vswhizzer
8 8.9

A young person with great skill and success in one area

is the general term for any impressive person or thing, not limited by youth
whiz-kid
vswhizzer
  • Informal
7 7.3

A young person who is very good at business or technology

is broader, applying to people or things that are impressive regardless of age
humdinger
vswhizzer
  • Informal
7 9.0

A person or thing that is very impressive

is broader, also used for things that are impressively fast or simply excellent
dinger
vswhizzer
  • Slang
5 8.6

A person or thing that is unusually good

is the general term that can also mean fast or excellent without informality
gangbuster
vswhizzer
  • Informal
2 6.7

A person or thing that is very successful and impressive

is broader, covering fast or excellent things not only high success
dazzler
vswhizzer
1 4.5

A person or thing that stands out because it is very impressive

is broader, used for things impressive by speed, skill, or general excellence
world-beater
vswhizzer
  • Informal
1 6.9

A person or thing much better than others

is a more general term for excellence that also includes being impressively fast
wowser
vswhizzer
  • Slang
1 8.8

Something very impressive that causes great surprise

is a general label not limited to things that astonish others
supercow
vswhizzer
  • Informal
8.2

A person who does a lot of work very well

is the general word for impressive or fast things, not only productivity focused

Antonyms

mediocre
109 4.8

Only average in quality and not very good

unremarkable
20 3.5

Being ordinary and not interesting

How Impressive

whizzer
  • Slang
7.3
star
∞ 1.1
standout
21 3.8
performer
261 2.5
average
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

whizzer singular
whizzers plural

Morphology

whizzer = whiz (transparent) = whiz + er

This is regular suffixation with -er from whiz, and the meaning is readily understood as a person or thing associated with being a whiz.

Etymology

Whizzer comes from the sound word whiz, which means to move very fast or make a quick 'whoosh' noise. So a whizzer is something or someone that is very fast or impressive.