Definition of GOSH

gosh

Intj

  • A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.

Interjection

  • An exclamation used to express surprise or mild dismay.

Examples

  • "GOSH, that’s a brilliant play!" he exclaimed after his opponent landed a bingo.
  • Gosh, I didn’t realize I’d cause so much trouble!
  • Gosh, I’d love to go to that concert!

Origin / Etymology

Altered from God. First seen in 1757 as by gosh, probably from by gosse in Nicholas Udall's Ralph Roister Doister (circa 1553).

Synonyms

'sblood, 'sdeath, 'sheart, 'struth, Christ, Christ alive, Christ almighty, Christ on a bike, Christ on a cracker, Christ on a raft, Gadsbodikins, God Almighty, God in heaven, God's teeth, Gordon Bennett, Holy Mother, Holy Mother of God, I never, I say, I'll be, I'll be a dirty bird!, I'll be a monkey's uncle, I'll be a son of a bitch, I'll be a son of a gun, I'll be blowed, I'll be bound, I'll be buggered, I'll be damned, I'll be danged, I'll be darned, I'll be dashed, I'll be dipped, I'll be dipped in shit, I'll be hanged, I'll be hornswoggled, I'll be jiggered, I'll be shot, I'm blowed, Janey Mack, Jaysus, Jeebus, Jerusalem crickets, Jesum Crow, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus H. Christ, Jesus Murphy, Jesus fucking Christ, Jiminy Cricket, Judas Priest, Lord, Lord be praised, Lord love a duck, Mary and Joseph, Mother of God, O gemini, OMG, ZOMFG, ZOMG, adzooks, ay, begorra, bleeding Nora, bleeding heck, bless my heart, bless my soul, bless us, blige, blimey, bloody Nora, bloody hell, blow me, blow me backwards, blow me down, blow me over, blow me pink, blow me tight, blow me up, blow my buttons, butter my butt and call me a biscuit, by Allah, by George, by God, by Jove, by Jupiter, by all that is holy, by cracky, by golly, by gum, by gummy, by jingo, by juckies, by the living jingo, by thunder, byrlady, caramba, chihuahua, chuffing hell, cor, cor blimey, cor lummy, cowabunga, crikey, criminy, cripes, crivvens, dear God, dear Lord, dear me, dearie me, deary me, diggety, eep, egad, egads, ermahgerd, fancy that, flaming Nora, flipping Nora, flipping heck, fuark, fuck me, fucking Nora, fucking hell, gad so, gadsbud, gadzooks, gaw, gee, gee whiz, gee willikers, geeminy, geez, geez Louise, geshmak, get out of town, glory be, golly, golly gee willikers, golly gosh, good God, good Lord, good golly, good gracious, good gravy, good grief, good heavens, goodness, goodness gracious, goodness gracious me, goodness me, googly-moogly, gorblimey, gosh, gosh all hemlock, gracious, gramercy, great Caesar, great Caesar's ghost, great Scott, great balls of fire, great googly moogly, gyatt, hallo, heavens, heavens above, heavens to Betsy, heavens to Murgatroyd, hell's bells, hello, hey, heyday, hold up, holy Hannah, holy Moses, holy Toledo, holy buckets, holy cannoli, holy cow, holy crap, holy crap on a cracker, holy cricket, holy crickets, holy crud, holy dignity, holy doodle, holy fuck, holy fuck knuckles, holy guacamole, holy hell, holy kamoley, holy kamoly, holy macaroni, holy mackerel, holy magnum, holy man, holy moley, holy moly, holy ravioli, holy shit, holy smoke, holy stromboli, hooly dooly, hot damn, imagine that, jeepers, jeepers creepers, jeez, jeez Louise, jeezy peeps, jings, jinkies, jumping Jehoshaphat, jumping Jesus, knock me down with a feather, knock me over with a feather, land sakes, lauks, lawks, lawks a-mercy, lawl, leapin' lizards, lordy, mama mia, mamma mia, man alive, mercy sakes, my, my God, my Lord, my conscience, my giddy aunt, my goodness, my gosh, my heavens, my my, my sainted aunt, my sainted uncle, my word, no way, ods bodikin, odsfish, odzookens, oh, oh em gee, oh my, oh my God, oh my Goddess, oh my Lord, oh my days, oh my fuck, oh my goodness, oh my goodness gracious, oh my gosh, oh my heck, oh my hell, oh my life, oh my stars, oh my word, ohmigod, oi, omigod, omigosh, peas and rice, please, praise the Lord, rah, ruddy Nora, ruddy hell, sacré bleu, sakes alive, shart, sheesh, shit fire and save matches, shitting Nora, shiver my timbers, shut my mouth, shut the front door, slap my ass and call me Judy, slap my ass and call me Sally, snakes alive, sodding hell, son of a gun, stone me, stone the crows, strewth, strike me pink, suffering Sappho, suffering succotash, sweet Grandma on stilts, sweet Jesus, sweet Mary, sweet mother of God, sweet mother of Jesus, waow, well, what, what do you know, whoa, whoah, wow, wowee, wowzers, ye gods, yikes, yikes bikes, you don't say, yowzah, zoiks, zoinks, zooterkins, zound, zounds, zowie

Scrabble Score: 8

gosh: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
gosh: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gosh: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

gosh: valid Words With Friends Word