wow word

noun

A more interesting or vivid synonym for an everyday word.

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Meanings

nounwow word (plural wow words)

plural wow words

  1. educationA more interesting or vivid synonym for an everyday word.

    Identify a WOW word that can be used in the place of nice. Brainstorm several and then settle on one to use as you rewrite the sentence.

    2017, Richard Gentry, Getting to the Core of Writing, page 191
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    If they think of a wow word, they look it up in a thesaurus and then add it to their own digital text and the poster of wow words on the classroom wall. These words give access to all students to improve and extend writing.

    2015, Jane Hunter, Technology Integration and High Possibility Classrooms, page 73
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wow word. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wow%20word

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