Surprise Synonyms and Antonyms

sər-prīz
A feeling of amazement
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. astonishment
  2. wonderment
  3. shock
Antonyms:
  1. expectation
The cause of surprise, sense 1
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. something unexpected
  2. blow
  3. sudden attack
  4. amazement
  5. unexpected good fortune
  6. astonishment
  7. sudden misfortune
  8. surprisal
  9. bombshell
  10. unawaited event
  11. coup de main
  12. unsuspected plot
  13. deus-ex-machina
  14. thunderclap
  15. trouvaille
To take unaware
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. take by surprise
  2. catch one in the act of
  3. catch
  4. burst in upon
  5. startle
  6. catch off-balance
  7. hit on
  8. catch flat-footed
  9. catch one napping
  10. catch asleep
  11. take
  12. nab
  13. pop in on
  14. hit
To amaze
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. astonish
  2. amaze
  3. astound
  4. flabbergast
  5. startle
  6. dumbfound
  7. shock
  8. stun
  9. bewilder
  10. confound
  11. overwhelm
  12. unsettle
  13. electrify
  14. petrify
  15. stupefy
  16. stagger
  17. nonplus
  18. take-aback
  19. cause wonder
  20. strike with wonder
  21. strike with awe
  22. dazzle
  23. daze
  24. perplex
  25. stagger one's belief
  26. leave open-mouthed
  27. leave aghast
  28. make all agog
  29. floor
  30. bowl over
  31. jar
  32. flash upon one
  33. carry one off his feet
  34. jolt
  35. take-one-s-breath-away
  36. strike dumb
  37. make one's hair stand on end
  38. awe
  39. make one's head swim
  40. creep up on
  41. catch unaware
  42. assault
  43. sneak-up-on
Antonyms:
  1. expect
A feeling of amazement
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. ambush
  2. storm
  3. shock
  4. waylay
  5. astonishment
  6. ambuscade
  7. alarm
  8. amaze
  9. astonish
  10. wonderment
  11. astound
  12. baffle
  13. bewilder
  14. blow
  15. bombshell
  16. confound
  17. dazzle
  18. dumfound
  19. electrify
  20. evince
  21. bushwhack
  22. flabbergast
  23. floor
  24. fluster
  25. miracle
  26. nonplus
  27. overcome
  28. overwhelm
  29. perplex
  30. perturb
  31. rattle
  32. rivet
  33. seize
  34. stagger
  35. startle
  36. stun
  37. unexpected
  38. unsettle
  39. wonder
The cause of surprise, sense 1
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. something unexpected
  2. blow
  3. sudden attack
  4. unexpected good fortune
  5. sudden misfortune
  6. unawaited event
  7. unsuspected plot
Antonyms:
  1. expect

Words Related to Surprise

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Surprise Sentence Examples

  • He likes to surprise people.

  • What a surprise! said he.

  • It shouldn't be any surprise, since that was what suffered when he had been troubled in the past.

  • To her surprise, she caught Connie at home.

  • The surprise was mutual.

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