🎆 An exciting event 😲 Surprise exclamation 🌟 Very impressive

zowie

9.9

A short shout people use to show surprise or excitement, often in a playful way

interjection
/ˈzaʊi/

Archaic

: ¡vaya!

Zowie! That was an incredible performance!

Examples

The roller coaster was so fast that all I could say was zowie!
He opened the gift and exclaimed zowie when he saw the new bicycle.
When the magician pulled a rabbit from the hat, the children shouted zowie in amazement.
Did you see that? Zowie!
When the magician pulled a rabbit from the hat, the children shouted zowie in amazement.
He opened the gift and exclaimed zowie when he saw the new bicycle.
The roller coaster was so fast that all I could say was zowie!

Synonyms

wow

vszowie

Informal

∞ 1.0

A short word people say to show surprise or admiration

is older and more playful in tone than this modern exclamation

hoo

vszowie

Informal

359 9.9

A shout people make to show excitement or surprise

is more old-fashioned and tends toward playful astonishment

yay

vszowie

Informal

185 6.0

A short shout people make to show happiness or excitement

is more old-fashioned and can also signal surprise as playful

hooray

vszowie

Informal

43 1.4

A short shout to show excitement or happiness

is more playful and older in style than this modern cheer

ooo

vszowie

Informal

36 9.4

A short sound people say to show surprise or admiration

is more old-fashioned and feels more playful in tone

oooh

vszowie

Informal

31 8.7

A quiet sound people make when they are surprised or impressed

is more playful and often used in older or comic speech

golly

vszowie

Archaic

24 9.9

A word people say to show mild surprise

is more playful and can show stronger excitement

lordy

vszowie

Informal

17 9.4

A short informal cry showing surprise or strong feeling

is older and more playful, often lighter in tone

ooooh

vszowie

Informal

16 8.3

A short sound people say to show surprise or excitement

is more old-fashioned and used playfully rather than only modern emphasis

waah

vszowie

Informal

15 9.9

A short shout showing surprise or admiration

is more old-fashioned or playful, often less modern in tone

woah

vszowie

Informal

14 8.8

A short cry people use to show surprise or amazement

is more old-fashioned and often sounds playful rather than modern

wah

vszowie

Informal

14 9.9

A short cry showing surprise or excitement

is more old-fashioned and leans toward playful astonishment

yow

vszowie

Informal

13 9.9

A short cry said to show surprise, excitement, or sudden pain

is more old-fashioned and focuses on playful surprise not pain

woohoo

vszowie

Informal

5 7.4

A loud shout people make to show excitement or joy

is older in feel and less associated with modern celebratory shouts

whooo

vszowie

Informal

5 9.4

A shout of strong excitement or joy

is more playful and fits old-fashioned surprise as well

blimey

vszowie

4 9.5

A short word people say when they are surprised or shocked

is more playful and less tied to national speech

huzzah

vszowie

Archaic

3 9.9

A loud old-fashioned word people shout to show joy or approval

is used for playful surprise rather than formal celebration

oooo

vszowie

Informal

3 9.9

A short sound people make to show surprise or admiration

is more old-fashioned and signals playful surprise rather than simple admiration

whee

vszowie

Informal

3 9.8

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

is more old-fashioned and used sincerely as playful surprise

yippie

vszowie

Informal

2 8.7

A short shout people make to show excitement or happiness

is older and more playful, often used for surprised amusement

whammo

vszowie

Informal

2 9.9

A short shout showing sudden surprise or strong impact

is more playful and used for surprise rather than literal impact

woop

vszowie

Informal

1 8.9

A short shout that shows joy or excitement

is more playful and slightly older sounding than this cheer

hoho

vszowie

Informal

1 8.4

A short laugh that shows surprise or amusement

is more playful and less about laughter, focusing on surprise

wooo

vszowie

Informal

1 8.2

A loud shout people make to show excitement

is more old-fashioned and often feels playful rather than modern

woa

vszowie

Informal

1 9.9

A short shout showing surprise or asking for attention

is more playful and less for gaining attention, more emotion

whillikers

vszowie

Archaic

9.9

A word people used long ago to show surprise

is more playful and used for excitement rather than astonishment

zounds

vszowie

Archaic

9.9

An old word people say to show surprise or anger

is lighter and more playful, used mainly for excitement

oh my heck

vszowie

Informal

9.9

A short phrase people say when they feel surprised or do not believe something

is more playful and less restrained, often more excited

wahoo

vszowie

Informal

9.3

A loud shout to show joy or excitement

is more old-fashioned and often used playfully with surprise

squee

vszowie

Slang

9.9

A short excited sound people make to show sudden delight

is older and more playful in spoken use rather than online

yipe

vszowie

Informal

9.6

A short cry showing surprise, fear, or excitement

is more playful and leans toward joyful surprise rather than fear

yipes

vszowie

Informal

9.9

A short cry of sudden surprise or fear

is more playful and usually shows excitement rather than alarm

yowie

vszowie

Australian

9.9

A short cry people say when surprised, hurt, or disgusted

is more playful and normally lacks the painful or disgust tones

How Strong

zowie

Archaic

9.9

wow

Informal

∞ 1.0

ooh

Informal

∞ 7.2

Surface Forms

zowie main

Etymology

The word zowie is a playful sound word, like zow or the familiar 'wow' you see in old comics and cartoons to show surprise. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine a quick, loud noise of amazement, so you shout zowie to show strong 'surprise'.