wowzers

Well, how surprising

Wowzers is an emphatic, playful variant of wow, expressing surprise, amazement, or impressed reaction: Wowzers, that's a lot of money.

The extended form adds a cartoonish or ironic quality, often used when the speaker wants to sound deliberately over-the-top or avoid seeming too earnest.

exclamation

whoa

Command to stop

  • goshTame exclamation of surprise
  • gollyGentle exclamation of surprise
  • geeMild exclamation of surprise

crikey · blimey · yikes · zowie · wowee · jeepers · holy moly · goodness · heavens · egad

reaction

astonishment

Intense sudden wonder

awe · wonder · stupefaction · flabbergast · dumbfounded · thunderstruck · gobsmacked · double-take · speechless · stunned

slang

cool

Calm or fashionable

  • awesomeExtremely impressive or overwhelming
  • radExposure measurement unit
  • gnarlyTwisted and rough

epic · sick · dope · lit · wicked · stellar · killer · insane · crazy · wild

Opposites
emotional intensity

wowzersmeh

Indifference, vocalized

whatever · ho-hum · yawn · big deal · so what

expressive style

wowzershmm

Sound of contemplation

huh · oh · I see · noted · indeed

valence of reaction

wowzersugh

Disgust exclamation

ew · boo · yuck · yikes · gross

Family

wow, wows, wowed, wowing

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G