who's who

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hooz hoo]
- /huz hu/
- /huːz huː/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hooz hoo]
- /huz hu/

Definitions of who's who words

noun who's who a reference work containing short biographical entries on the outstanding persons in a country, industry, profession, etc.: a who's who in automotive engineering. 1
noun who's who the outstanding or influential persons in a community, industry, profession, or other group: The who's who of racing will be there. 1
noun who's who social elite 1
expression who's who identities 1
noun who's who a book or list containing the names and short biographies of famous people 0
noun who's who a book or list of short biographies of prominent persons of a certain place, profession, etc. 0

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Origin of who's who

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

First recorded in 1840-50

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Parts of speech for Who's who

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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who's who popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for who's who

noun who's who

atlantes — supporting columns for an entablature, carved in the form of standing or kneeling figures of men
atlas — An atlas is a book of maps.
blue book — A blue book is an official government report or register of statistics.
directory — a book containing an alphabetical index of the names and addresses of persons in a city, district, organization, etc., or of a particular category of people.
glitterati — The fashionable set of people engaged in show business or some other glamorous activity.

All 7 Synonyms of who's who