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quiz

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of quiz

1 a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another

  • always eager to put everything down, my boyfriend had to be a quiz and make fun of the actors and costumes in our local theater troupe's latest production
Synonyms of quiz

baiter, harasser, heckler, mocker, needler, persecutor, quizzer, ridiculer, taunter, tease, teaser, tormentor (also tormenter), torturer
Words Related to quiz

belittler, derider, detractor, giber (or jiber), insulter, jeerer, scoffer, scorner

trash-talker

smart aleck (also smart alec), smarty (or smartie), smarty-pants, wiseacre, wiseguy

kidder, lampooner, satirist

accuser, blamer, troublemaker

assailant, attacker, molester, victimizer

bother, disturber, pest
Near Antonyms of quiz

defender, deliverer, guard, protector, rescuer, savior (or saviour)

comforter, solace, soother, succorer

bodyguard, champion

2 a set of questions or problems designed to assess knowledge, skills, or intelligence

  • according to the magazine's marriage quiz, the chances that we'll have a 10th wedding anniversary are just about nil
Synonyms of quiz

exam, examination, test
Words Related to quiz

aptitude test, intelligence test, placement test

pretest, retest

board(s), midterm, midyear

catechism

audition

final

checkup, inspection, review

inquiry, interrogation, investigation, probe, research

3 a person of odd or whimsical habits

  • even by House of Lords standards, the cross-dressing earl was considered quite a quiz
Synonyms of quiz

character, codger, crack, crackbrain, crackpot, crank, eccentric, flake, fruitcake, head case, kook, nut, nutcase, nutter [British slang], oddball, oddity, original, screwball, weirdo, zany
Words Related to quiz

bohemian, maverick, nonconformist, quixote

coot, geezer

curio, rarity

freak

fantast, fantastico
Phrases Synonymous with quiz

odd duck, piece of work
Near Antonyms of quiz

conformer, conformist, follower, sheep

quiz

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of quiz

1 to put a question or questions to

  • quickly quizzed her about the assignment before heading off to class
Synonyms of quiz

ask, catechize, grill, inquire (of), interrogate, query, question
Words Related to quiz

besiege, bombard, cross-examine, cross-question, examine, pump

poll, survey
Near Antonyms of quiz

rejoin, retort

comment, observe, remark

avoid, duck
Antonyms of quiz

answer, reply, respond

2 to put a series of questions to

  • hated the way those relatives would quiz me about my partner and our living arrangements
Synonyms of quiz

catechize, examine, grill, interrogate, pump, query, question, sweat [slang]
Words Related to quiz

debrief

cross-examine, cross-question

annoy, harass, hound, pester

canvass (also canvas), poll
Phrases Synonymous with quiz

give the third degree to, pick the brains of

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