quiz

Other forms of quiz

plural

quizzes

past tense or participle

quizzed

present participle

quizzing

third person

quizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about quiz

What does quiz mean?

quiz means "an examination consisting of a few short questions". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in quiz?

quiz has 1 syllable: quiz. In IPA it is /ˈkwɪz/.

What is another word for quiz?

Close synonyms include test. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is quiz a common word?

quiz is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.