Meanings
comparative fizzier · superlative fizziest
- Containing bubbles.
Fizzy drinks are also known as carbonated beverages.
- figurativelyLively, vivacious.
[I]ts main character, Henry (Mr. [Ewan] McGregor), is a successful, intellectual dramatist who seems quite capable of churning out fizzy, challenging works about brilliant but ambivalent revolutionaries, philosophers, etc.
2014 October 30, Ben Brantley, “When the head leads the heart: 'The Real Thing,' With Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal, opens on Broadway [print version: When the witty head is far ahead of the heart: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ewan McGregor star in revival of 'Real Thing', International New York Times, 4 November 2014, p. 9]”, in The New York Times - onomatopoeicMakes a hissing sound.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA non-alcoholic carbonated beverage.
of a liquid
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehissing and bubbling
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic فَوَّار
- فَوَّار (fawwār)containing bubbles
Bulgarian шипящ, газиран
- шипящ (šipjašt)context of a liquid
- газиран (gaziran)context of a liquid
- шипящ (šipjašt)onomatopoeia
- съскащ (săskašt)onomatopoeia
Dutch sprankelend, koolzuurhoudend
- sprankelendcontext of a liquid
- koolzuurhoudendcontext of a liquid
Finnish kuohuva, kupliva
- kuohuvacontaining bubbles
- kuplivacontaining bubbles
- poreilevacontaining bubbles
- poreilevacontext of a liquid
- pore-context of a liquid
- pihiseväonomatopoeia
German sprudelnd, spritzig
- sprudelndcontext of a liquid
- spritzigcontext of a liquid
- kohlensäurehaltigcontext of a liquid
- perlendcontext of a liquid
- moussierendcontext of a liquid
- zischendonomatopoeia
Greek ανθρακούχος
- ανθρακούχος (anthrakoúchos)context of a liquid
Hungarian buborékos, szénsavas
- buborékoscontaining bubbles
- szénsavascontaining bubbles
Italian frizzante, gassato
- frizzantecontaining bubbles
- gassatocontaining bubbles
Māori mirumiru, koropupū
- mirumirucontaining bubbles
- koropupūcontaining bubbles
Polish gazowany, napój gazowany
- gazowanycontaining bubbles
- napój gazowanycontext of a liquid
- sykonomatopoeia
Russian газиро́ванный, шипу́чий
- газиро́ванный (gaziróvannyj)context of a liquid
- шипу́чий (šipúčij)onomatopoeia
- шипя́щий (šipjáščij)onomatopoeia
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fizzy
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fizzy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fizzy
“fizzy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fizzy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fizzy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fizzy.
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