What are the opposite words for surprise?
Surprise is an emotion of astonishment or shock when something unexpected happens. Antonyms, on the other hand, are the opposite of the given word. The antonyms for surprise are predictability, expectation, and anticipation. When something is predictable, nothing catches you off guard, and you are not surprised. Expectation means that you are looking forward to or waiting for something to happen, so it won't come as a surprise. Anticipation means to foretell or anticipate an event in advance, so you are not taken aback by it. In conclusion, the opposite of surprise is knowing what is going to happen or having a great expectation.
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- astonish; cause amazement
- sneak up on; catch
- expectation
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anticipation
- foretaste,
- prevision,
- foretastes,
- previsions,
- looking forward,
- fore boding,
- fore bodings,
- fore cast,
- fore casts,
- fore seeing,
- fore seeings,
- fore sight,
- fore sights,
- fore taste,
- fore tastes,
- fore thought,
- fore thoughts,
- fore-boding,
- fore-cast,
- fore-casts,
- fore-seeings,
- fore-sight,
- fore-sights,
- fore-taste,
- fore-tastes,
- fore-thought,
- fore-thoughts,
- foreseeings,
- high hope,
- high hopes,
- in tuition,
- in tuitions,
- in-tuition,
- in-tuitions,
- looking forwards,
- out look,
- out looks,
- out-look,
- out-looks,
- pre conception,
- pre conceptions,
- pre monition,
- pre monitions,
- pre occupation,
- pre occupations,
- pre science,
- pre sciences,
- pre sentiments,
- pre vision,
- pre visions,
- pre-conception,
- pre-conceptions,
- pre-monition,
- pre-occupation,
- pre-occupations,
- pre-science,
- pre-sciences,
- pre-sentiment,
- pre-sentiments,
- pre-vision,
- pre-visions,
- prior knowledge,
- prior knowledges,
- pro mise,
- pro mises,
- pro spect,
- pro spects,
- pro-mise,
- pro-mises,
- pro-spects.
- something amazing; state of amazement
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
leading the way
- Antonyms:
- abandon, follow, misguide.
