rizz
/ˈɹɪz/
rizz noun: of a person, the ability to attract a love interest, usually female; charm or attractiveness.
Noun (1)
rizz (uncountable)
- Of a person, the ability to attract a love interest, usually female; charm or attractiveness.
- Near-synonyms: aura, charisma
- negative rizz, L rizz
Verb
rizz (third-person singular simple present rizzes, present participle rizzing, simple past and past participle rizzed)
- To seduce or attract a love interest.
- I'm gonna go rizz one of those girls.
- In one of De Tolla's videos, he says that Dunne "rizzed" Madden while convincing him to attend LSU. In another video, he jokes that Madden "rizzed up" Dunne and the 10-year-old stole the gymnastics star from her boyfriend, the "drip king." "Drip" refers to swagger and style.2023 June 8, Kalhan Rosenblatt, “Who is Baby Gronk? Did Livvy 'rizz' him up? What does any of this really mean?”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2023
Noun (2)
rizz (uncountable)
- An amount of rolling paper particularly of the Rizla+ brand.
- And I heard that the yutes are lizz
fuck it, I’m tryna put him in the rizz2024 September 2, “Niz” (0:31 from the start), Liz (lyrics)
- And I heard that the yutes are lizz
Examples of rizz in a sentence
- Wow, that guy has no rizz whatsoever.
- You got her number? W rizz!
- Bruh, that girl has better rizz than I do.
- To be fair, the purported "rizz king" of the pre-pubescent sports world is probably not the one who actually said any of the above.2023 June 26, Lauren Mechling, “Baby Gronk, internet stardom and the Sports Dad nightmare writ large”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The...
- On Monday, Hill posted a TikTok using a filter which rated her 'rizz level', with it giving her 96/100 and 'rizz god' status.2023 July 18, Ben Nagle, “Olivia Dunne's online feud with TikTok rival Breckie Hill heats up as she claims fellow social media star 'can't...
- As it turns out, Zendaya's rizz-o-meter needed to scan beyond the bounds of Arrakis to hone in on who had the most rizz of all.2024 February 22, Kase Wickman, “Let Zendaya Tell You All About Tom Holland's Rizz”, in Radhika Jones, editor, Vanity Fair, New York, N.Y....
Synonyms of rizz
Forms of rizz
| third-person singular present | rizzes |
|---|---|
| present participle | rizzing |
| past participle | rizzed |
| past | rizzed |
Origin of rizz
Coined by YouTuber and Twitch streamer Kai Cenat (or one of his close friends) around May 2021 and popularized on TikTok in 2022. Rizz further increased in prominence throughout 2023 and was chosen as the 2023 Word of the Year by Oxford University Press. Contrary to popular belief, Cenat has confirmed that the term is not short for charisma, though it has likely influenced the pronunciation. Possible earlier use In 1999, in the fourth episode, "Cassandra", of the eighth season of the British sitcom Red Dwarf, the character Arnold Rimmer uses the phrase "giving it rizz" referring to the act of engaging in sexual intercourse. While the usage in the episode implies a similar meaning to its modern colloquial meaning, it did not appear to have popularised the term. This line is referenced on the official Red Dwarf website https://reddwarf.co.uk/features/analysis/remembering-rimmer/, and the episode is available in the UK on BBC iPlayer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00bpm2n/red-dwarf-viii-4-cassandra
Clipping of Rizla+ rolling paper brand.
Words formed from rizz
Words that rhyme with rizz
Questions about rizz
- What does rizz mean?
- Rizz means of a person, the ability to attract a love interest, usually female; charm or attractiveness.
- How do you use rizz in a sentence?
- Wow, that guy has no rizz whatsoever.
- What part of speech is rizz?
- Rizz can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce rizz?
- Rizz is pronounced /ˈɹɪz/.
Words near rizz in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rizz (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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