wowzer
/ˈwaʊzə(ɹ)/noun, interjection
wowzer is a noun meaning “Something of great interest or beauty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled W-O-W-Z-E-R, and it appears about once in every 46 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of wowzer is wowzers.
What does wowzer mean?
noun
- 1
CanadaslangSomething of great interest or beauty.
interjection
- 1
Alternative form of wowsers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce wowzer?
- /ˈwaʊzə(ɹ)/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-wowzer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of wowzer
- wowzers plural
- wowser
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is wowzer?
Wowzer appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does wowzer come from?
Derivative of wow.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).