Thesaurus / whoosh
FEEDBACK- whisper
- disapprove
- hoot
- whiz
- deride
- condemn
- blow
- decry
- damn
- rasp
- shrill
- mock
- fizz
- sizzle
- spit
- whistle
- revile
- wheeze
- catcall
- swish
- jeer
- fizzle
- boo
- seethe
- siss
- whirr
- shout down
- shoot
- take off
- float
- glide
- drift
- travel
- sail
- reach
- cross
- flutter
- swoop
- climb
- circle
- operate
- speed
- rush
- pilot
- control
- dash
- skim
- skirt
- barnstorm
- jet
- hop
- circumnavigate
- soar
- maneuver
- hover
- dive
- dart
- hurry
- whisk
- flit
- mount
- zoom
- scud
- whiz
- buzz
- fleet
- wing
- zip
- aviate
- flat-hat
- seagull
- bend the throttle
- jet out
- jet over
- remain aloft
- sky out
- take a hop
- take flight
- take wing
- wing in
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Sheila Moody, in Room 472, heard a whoosh and a whistle and she wondered where all this air was coming from.
SEPT. 11, 2001: AN ORDINARY WORK DAY, THEN SURREAL SCENES OF DREAD AND DEATHDAVID MARANISSSEPTEMBER 10, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe surf was not very high this time,—just waves that went whoosh and then pulled the pebbles back with a nice scrawpy sound.
US AND THE BOTTLEMANEDITH BALLINGER PRICELate in the day, he felt rather than heard the soundless whoosh of the construction machinery.
STUDENT BODYFLOYD L. WALLACEA little one, like the crack of a distant artillery piece in the mountains and then a louder, deep-toned whoosh of a noise.
THE FIVE ARROWSALLAN CHASEThose trees are always sigh-sigh-sighing—more of a sigh than a sough or the 'whoosh' of gum-trees in the wind.
JOE WILSON AND HIS MATESHENRY LAWSONBefore he could examine it, or move toward the door, Penny, with a mighty “whoosh” blew out the candle.
THE CRY AT MIDNIGHTMILDRED A. WIRTA very nasty thing to wake up to is one's own raw self after an excessive love-whoosh.
AARON'S RODD. H. LAWRENCEThere was a clanging sound as it hit the rocky earth with a soft, sighing whoosh.
THE SECRET OF THE NINTH PLANETDONALD ALLEN WOLLHEIMEven as she watched, the flames, reaching the foot of a great spruce tree, raced to its very top with a great whoosh.
THIRD WARNINGROY J. SNELLBut the boar, except by a furious toss of the head and a single terrible Whoosh!
GOLDEN DAYS FOR BOYS AND GIRLSVARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO WHOOSH
- aviate
- barnstorm
- bend the throttle
- buzz
- circle
- circumnavigate
- climb
- control
- cross
- dart
- dash
- dive
- drift
- flat-hat
- fleet
- flit
- float
- flutter
- glide
- hop
- hover
- hurry
- jet
- jet out
- jet over
- maneuver
- mount
- operate
- pilot
- reach
- remain aloft
- rush
- sail
- scud
- seagull
- shoot
- skim
- skirt
- sky out
- soar
- speed
- swoop
- take a hop
- take flight
- take off
- take wing
- travel
- whisk
- whiz
- whoosh
- wing
- wing in
- zip
- zoom
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.