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hooray

interjection
variants: also hurrah or hurray

Synonyms and Antonyms of hooray

how delightful

  • "Hooray!" he cried when he heard that his team had won
Synonyms of hooray

glory (or glory be), ha (or hah), hallelujah, hey, hot dog, huzzah, wahoo [chiefly West], whee, whoopee, yahoo, yippee
Words Related to hooray

wow, zowie

ooh

gee, gee whiz, gosh
Near Antonyms of hooray

alack, alas, aw, boo

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