wiz
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Synonyms & Antonyms for wiz
Synonyms
brain, brainiac, genius, intellect, thinker, whiz, wizard
Antonyms
blockhead, dodo, dolt, dope, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fathead, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, idiot, imbecile, knucklehead, moron, nitwit, numskull (or numbskull), pinhead
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The Sounders are poised to sign Peruvian scoring wiz Raul Ruidiaz through the 2021 season. — Morning Brief, The Seattle Times, "More on the Maryland newspaper shooting, and the Special Olympics USA Games come to town | Friday Morning Brief, June 29," 29 June 2018 Backed by his throwback band of bar rockers and buddied up with harp wiz Dennis Gruenling, Moss and company swing into the Torch for a Sunday matinee gig. — Aaron Davis, sacbee, "Front Street Brewfest, Party in the Park sneakily hosting strong music lineups," 14 June 2018 Finvarb is a math and analytics wiz with an interest in photography who is majoring in business at the University of Pennsylvania. — Sue Arrowsmith And Adrianne Richardson, miamiherald, "These are the top 2018 high school grads at Miami-Dade private schools," 5 June 2018 Since busting out of Santa Monica as a teen guitar wiz more than 50 years ago, guitarist, songwriter and musical explorer Cooder has traveled the world in search of wild frequencies. — Randall Roberts, latimes.com, "California Sounds: New music from Ry Cooder, Deafheaven, the Flytraps and Ras G & the Afrikan Space Program," 4 May 2018 This should be an easier lift for Friess an investment wiz with a net worth of more than $500 million, than his flash-in-the-pan flirtation with a Senate run last year. — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, "Country roads, take us home," 20 Apr. 2018 Google’s puzzle game won’t turn you into a programming wiz overnight. — Lisa Eadicicco, Time, "Google Just Launched a Smartphone Game to Teach Adults How to Code," 18 Apr. 2018 As an electronic wiz he was employed by Bernie's Stores and received multiple sales awards. — courant.com, "Paul DiBattista," 18 Apr. 2018 But for those who cannot wait another year, a Photoshop wiz at JeepScramblerForums.com has just posted some realistic renderings. — Fox News, "Jeep Wrangler's Scrambler pickup gets artist's realistic renderings," 5 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wiz.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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