Synonyms for Startle:

• n.

  •
  • frighten/scare the wits out of someone,
  • chill,
  • shake up.
  •
  • excite.
  •
  • scarify,
  • fear,
  • fright.
  •
  • awe.
  •
  • move.
  •act (noun)
  • startle,
  • jump,
  • start.
  •alarm (noun)
  • agitate.
  •galvanise (noun)
  • galvanise.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • instinctive reflex,
  • inborn reflex,
  • innate reflex,
  • reflex,
  • unconditioned reflex,
  • physiological reaction.

• v.

  •alarm (verb)
  • signal,
  • alert,
  • dismay.
  •amaze (verb)
  • be-wildered,
  • blow ones mind,
  • be-wilders,
  • puts one away,
  • blowing away,
  • be wilder,
  • blowing mind,
  • be wilders,
  • blowing ones mind,
  • blows away,
  • blows mind,
  • blowing one's mind,
  • blows one's mind,
  • be-wildering,
  • be wildered,
  • blowing one mind,
  • blew mind,
  • blows ones mind,
  • blew one mind,
  • putting one away,
  • blew one's mind,
  • be wildering,
  • be-wilder,
  • blow one mind,
  • blows one mind,
  • blew ones mind.
  •astonish (verb)
  • over-whelmed,
  • knocking over,
  • throwing a curve,
  • over whelming,
  • over whelms,
  • springs on,
  • threw curve,
  • over-whelms,
  • sprung on,
  • over whelm,
  • springing on,
  • throw curve,
  • over-whelming,
  • throws a curve,
  • sprang on,
  • over-whelm,
  • throws curve,
  • knocks over,
  • over whelmed,
  • threw a curve,
  • throwing curve.
  •astound (verb)
  • knocks over with feather,
  • knocked over with feather,
  • knocking over with feather.
  •awe (verb)
  • grand-standing,
  • grand stands,
  • co wing,
  • knocked socks off,
  • over-awes,
  • over awing,
  • hotdogged,
  • over-awe,
  • co-wed,
  • grand standing,
  • over awed,
  • knocking socks off,
  • over awe,
  • grand stand,
  • showboated,
  • over-awed,
  • over awes,
  • co-wing,
  • over-awing,
  • grand-stands,
  • co wed,
  • knocks socks off.
  •boggle (verb)
  • filling with wonder,
  • fills with wonder.
  •bolt (verb)
  • leaved holding the bag,
  • leaving high and dry,
  • leave the lurch,
  • kissed goodbye,
  • leaves flat,
  • leaves holding the bag,
  • made break for it,
  • makes break for it,
  • left holding the bag,
  • leaving holding bag,
  • stepped on it,
  • stepping it,
  • made tracks,
  • leaves high dry,
  • ran out on,
  • making a break for it,
  • left high dry,
  • makes a break for it,
  • left holding bag,
  • kissing goodbye,
  • runs out on,
  • steps on it,
  • leave holding bag,
  • left high and dry,
  • leave lurch,
  • ran like scared rabbit,
  • runs like scared rabbit,
  • makes tracks,
  • running like scared rabbit,
  • leave high dry,
  • leaved flat,
  • leaving holding the bag,
  • kisses goodbye,
  • stepped it,
  • leaved high and dry,
  • steps it,
  • stepping on it,
  • making break for it,
  • making tracks,
  • takes flight,
  • leaves holding bag,
  • made a break for it,
  • leaved high dry,
  • leaving flat,
  • leaving high dry,
  • make break for it,
  • leaves high and dry,
  • leaved holding bag,
  • left flat.
  •confound (verb)
  • mis identify,
  • be-fogging,
  • mis identified,
  • dis countenanced,
  • dis countenancing,
  • be-fogged,
  • dis countenance,
  • dis-comfits,
  • mis identifies,
  • be-fog,
  • metagrobolizes,
  • mis-identified,
  • mis-identify,
  • dis-countenance,
  • mis-identifying,
  • dis-countenanced,
  • mis-identifies,
  • dis countenances,
  • dis comfits,
  • dis-countenances,
  • be fog,
  • mis identifying,
  • be fogs,
  • dis comfit,
  • metagrobolizing,
  • misidentifying,
  • be-fogs,
  • be fogged,
  • dis-countenancing,
  • be fogging,
  • dis-comfit.
  •daze (verb)
  • over power,
  • dis tracts,
  • be numb,
  • be numbed,
  • be numbing,
  • be-numb,
  • over-powers,
  • over-powered,
  • dis-orders,
  • dis ordering,
  • be-fuddling,
  • dis-order,
  • dis orders,
  • be-fuddled,
  • be-fuddles,
  • over-powering,
  • dis-tract,
  • be numbs,
  • be fuddled,
  • be-fuddle,
  • be-numbing,
  • dis-ordered,
  • be fuddle,
  • over-power,
  • be-numbs,
  • dis ordered,
  • dis-tracts,
  • over powering,
  • be fuddling,
  • be-numbed,
  • dis tract,
  • over powered,
  • dis-ordering,
  • be fuddles,
  • dis order,
  • over powers.
  •disturb (verb)
  • un hinges,
  • inter fere,
  • burnt up,
  • ex cites,
  • out rages,
  • out raged,
  • un-hinge,
  • dis composing,
  • dis-heartening,
  • dis composes,
  • un-settling,
  • un hinging,
  • dis-composed,
  • dis compose,
  • de-presses,
  • un-hinges,
  • made uneasy,
  • dis-composes,
  • inter-feres,
  • ex-cites,
  • un-settle,
  • un hinged,
  • burns up,
  • dis-heartens,
  • de presses,
  • un hinge,
  • inter feres,
  • dis composed,
  • un-hinging,
  • un settled,
  • making uneasy,
  • un-hinged,
  • un-settled,
  • de-pressing,
  • makes uneasy,
  • out-raged,
  • dis heartening,
  • dis-hearten,
  • de pressing,
  • dis-heartened,
  • de-press,
  • un settling,
  • un settles,
  • un settle,
  • dis heartened,
  • dis-compose,
  • de press,
  • ex-cite,
  • out-rages,
  • de pressed,
  • ex cited,
  • dis heartens,
  • ex-cited,
  • ex citing,
  • out raging,
  • out-raging,
  • dis-composing,
  • de-pressed,
  • dis hearten,
  • inter-fere,
  • ex cite,
  • out-rage.
  •dumbfound (verb)
  • threw into tizzy,
  • throws in to tizzy,
  • threw in to a tizzy,
  • threw in to tizzy,
  • throwing into tizzy,
  • throws in to a tizzy,
  • threw into a tizzy,
  • throws into a tizzy,
  • throwing in to a tizzy,
  • throw in to a tizzy,
  • throwing into a tizzy,
  • throw in to tizzy,
  • throws into tizzy,
  • throwing in to tizzy.
  •electrify (verb)
  • taking ones breath away,
  • takes one's breath away,
  • taking one breath away,
  • commoves,
  • taking breath away,
  • taking one's breath away,
  • takes breath away,
  • take one breath away,
  • dynamized,
  • take ones breath away,
  • took one breath away,
  • took breath away,
  • took ones breath away,
  • takes one breath away,
  • Commoved,
  • dynamizing,
  • took one's breath away,
  • takes ones breath away,
  • dynamizes.
  •frighten (verb)
  • makes blood run cold,
  • dis comfort,
  • dis-comfort,
  • struck terror in to,
  • dis concerted,
  • chilled to bone,
  • chilling bone,
  • dis-concerts,
  • de moralize,
  • dis concerts,
  • scaring away,
  • dis quiet,
  • curdled the blood,
  • making blood run cold,
  • dis-concerting,
  • disburbing,
  • dis comforts,
  • de moralized,
  • dis-quieted,
  • dis burbs,
  • dis-comforted,
  • makes teeth chatter,
  • curdling the blood,
  • stiffing,
  • striking terror into,
  • dis-concert,
  • dis courage,
  • dis comforting,
  • curdling blood,
  • dis-comforting,
  • scaring off,
  • de-moralizing,
  • dis-quieting,
  • dis quiets,
  • made blood run cold,
  • dis-concerted,
  • dis courages,
  • dis-courages,
  • de-moralize,
  • dis quieting,
  • dis-quiet,
  • dis concert,
  • de-moralizes,
  • dis-courage,
  • disburbed,
  • chilling to bone,
  • strike terror in to,
  • strook terror in to,
  • strikes terror into,
  • scares off,
  • scared off,
  • chill the bone,
  • curdle blood,
  • chills the bone,
  • disburbs,
  • strook terror into,
  • dis quieted,
  • dis-quiets,
  • dis concerting,
  • chilled bone,
  • chilling the bone,
  • making teeth chatter,
  • curdles blood,
  • made teeth chatter,
  • dis comforted,
  • chill bone,
  • dis-burb,
  • chill to bone,
  • chilled the bone,
  • strikes terror in to,
  • dis-burbs,
  • de-moralized,
  • chills bone,
  • dis-comforts,
  • scared away,
  • de moralizing,
  • scares away,
  • striking terror in to,
  • chills to bone,
  • dis burb,
  • curdles the blood,
  • de moralizes,
  • chills to the bone,
  • struck terror into,
  • curdled blood,
  • chilling to the bone.
  •frighten, surprise (verb)
  • floor,
  • astonish,
  • consternate,
  • stun.
  •galvanize (verb)
  • in-nervate,
  • innervates,
  • in nervate,
  • innervating,
  • innervated.
  •jolt (verb)
  • up-set,
  • springing something on,
  • sprang something on,
  • up setting,
  • up sets,
  • sprung something on,
  • up-setting,
  • up-sets,
  • springs something on.
  •jump (verb)
  • re-bounding,
  • re bounded,
  • re-bounded,
  • re bounds,
  • re bounding,
  • re-bounds,
  • re bound,
  • re-bound.
  •panic (verb)
  • over reacts,
  • shakes boots,
  • over-reacted,
  • are terrorstricken,
  • becoming hysterical,
  • wert terrorstricken,
  • came apart,
  • was terrorstricken,
  • having fit,
  • were terrorstricken,
  • pushes panic button,
  • froze up,
  • wast terror stricken,
  • is terror stricken,
  • haddest a fit,
  • losing it,
  • runs scared,
  • are terror stricken,
  • became hysterical,
  • has fit,
  • wast terrorstricken,
  • pushing panic button,
  • pushed panic button,
  • shook in boots,
  • shaking in boots,
  • freezes up,
  • hath a fit,
  • being terror stricken,
  • over react,
  • wert terror stricken,
  • loses it,
  • is terrorstricken,
  • comes apart,
  • am terror-stricken,
  • shaking boots,
  • shake boots,
  • be terrorstricken,
  • being terror-stricken,
  • wast terror-stricken,
  • hadst fit,
  • shook boots,
  • hast a fit,
  • over reacted,
  • had fit,
  • haddest fit,
  • loses nerve,
  • was terror-stricken,
  • over-react,
  • are terror-stricken,
  • lost nerve,
  • am terrorstricken,
  • freezing up,
  • were terror stricken,
  • had a fit,
  • art terrorstricken,
  • were terror-stricken,
  • over reacting,
  • is terror-stricken,
  • becomes hysterical,
  • shakes in boots,
  • has a fit,
  • wert terror-stricken,
  • hadst a fit,
  • ran scared,
  • over-reacting,
  • was terror stricken,
  • am terror stricken,
  • art terror-stricken,
  • hast fit,
  • having a fit,
  • go pieces,
  • art terror stricken,
  • hath fit,
  • be terror stricken,
  • losing nerve,
  • over-reacts,
  • have fit,
  • being terrorstricken.
  •petrify (verb)
  • trans-fixes,
  • trans fixt,
  • trans fix,
  • trans fixes,
  • trans-fixed,
  • trans-fixing,
  • trans fixing,
  • trans fixed,
  • puts chill on,
  • putting chill on,
  • trans-fixt,
  • trans-fix.
  •rouse (verb)
  • making waves,
  • re doubles,
  • in-nerves,
  • asked for it,
  • in cite,
  • wakes up,
  • be stirs,
  • Intensated,
  • re-doubled,
  • be-stirs,
  • in nerving,
  • be stirring,
  • in nerves,
  • in-nerving,
  • gotten going,
  • re-double,
  • be-stir,
  • keys up,
  • re doubling,
  • Intensating,
  • in cites,
  • in flamed,
  • in flaming,
  • re-doubling,
  • in-cite,
  • in-flamed,
  • re doubled,
  • in-flames,
  • asking for it,
  • in nerved,
  • steams up,
  • in flame,
  • gat going,
  • keying up,
  • be stir,
  • be-stirred,
  • firing up,
  • asks for it,
  • re double,
  • intensates,
  • gets going,
  • be-stirring,
  • innerves,
  • in-nerved,
  • in-nerve,
  • be stirred,
  • in nerve,
  • in-cited,
  • re-doubles,
  • in-flame.
  •scare (verb)
  • scaring the pants off,
  • scare pants off,
  • scared the pants off,
  • gave fright,
  • giving fright,
  • strikes terror in,
  • gives a fright,
  • strook terror in,
  • give fright,
  • giving a fright,
  • gives fright,
  • scares pants off,
  • gave a fright,
  • scared pants off,
  • struck terror in,
  • striking terror in,
  • scaring pants off,
  • scares the pants off.
  •scarify (verb)
  • scaring daylights out of,
  • making one hair stand on end,
  • made ones hair stand end,
  • making hair stand end,
  • scares daylights out of,
  • made one's hair stand end,
  • make ones hair stand end,
  • makes one's hair stand on end,
  • making one's hair stand end,
  • make one hair stand end,
  • scared the daylights out of,
  • makes hair stand on end,
  • makes one hair stand end,
  • making ones hair stand end,
  • made hair stand on end,
  • scared daylights out of,
  • make hair stand end,
  • making ones hair stand on end,
  • making one hair stand end,
  • made one's hair stand on end,
  • sillied,
  • makes one's hair stand end,
  • make one's hair stand end,
  • scare daylights out of,
  • makes ones hair stand on end,
  • sillying,
  • made ones hair stand on end,
  • make hair stand on end,
  • making one's hair stand on end,
  • scaring the daylights out of,
  • scares the daylights out of,
  • makes hair stand end,
  • making hair stand on end,
  • make one hair stand on end,
  • make ones hair stand on end,
  • makes one hair stand on end,
  • made one hair stand on end,
  • made one hair stand end,
  • makes ones hair stand end,
  • made hair stand end.
  •shock (verb)
  • over-coming,
  • dis-pleasing,
  • dis pleases,
  • dis please,
  • hits like ton bricks,
  • re volts,
  • dis gusts,
  • over-comes,
  • dis pleasing,
  • dis-gusting,
  • dis gusting,
  • over come,
  • dis-pleases,
  • dis pleased,
  • dis-gusted,
  • hitting like ton bricks,
  • dis gusted,
  • hit like ton bricks,
  • over comes,
  • dis-please,
  • dis-gusts,
  • re-volt,
  • dis gust,
  • hits like ton of bricks,
  • dis-gust,
  • dis-pleased,
  • re volt,
  • over coming,
  • re-volts,
  • hitting like ton of bricks.
  •spook (verb)
  • making ones teeth chatter,
  • made one's blood run cold,
  • making one's blood run cold,
  • scares the pants off of,
  • make ones blood run cold,
  • scaring pants of,
  • made ones teeth chatter,
  • make ones teeth chatter,
  • makes one's teeth chatter,
  • makes one teeth chatter,
  • making one's teeth chatter,
  • scared the pants off of,
  • makes one's blood run cold,
  • scare the pants of,
  • making one blood run cold,
  • scare pants of,
  • makes ones blood run cold,
  • make one blood run cold,
  • scared the pants of,
  • making ones blood run cold,
  • made one's teeth chatter,
  • scares pants off of,
  • makes ones teeth chatter,
  • scared pants of,
  • make one teeth chatter,
  • scaring the pants off of,
  • makes one blood run cold,
  • scares the pants of,
  • scared pants off of,
  • scaring the pants of,
  • scare pants off of,
  • made one blood run cold,
  • made ones blood run cold,
  • made one teeth chatter,
  • making one teeth chatter,
  • scares pants of,
  • scaring pants off of.
  •spring (verb)
  • re coils,
  • re-coiled,
  • re-coiling,
  • hippetied hop,
  • hippeties hop,
  • re-coil,
  • hippetying hop,
  • re coiling,
  • re-coils,
  • re coiled,
  • re coil.
  •stagger (verb)
  • throwing off balance,
  • threw balance,
  • giving a shock,
  • gives shock,
  • give shock,
  • gave a shock,
  • throw balance,
  • striking dumb,
  • gave shock,
  • throwing balance,
  • strook dumb,
  • giving shock,
  • throws balance,
  • threw off balance,
  • gives a shock,
  • strikes dumb.
  •start (verb)
  • jump gun.
  •stupefy (verb)
  • be-musing,
  • be mused,
  • be-mused,
  • be sotted,
  • be musing,
  • be-sotted,
  • be muse,
  • be-muse.
  •terrify (verb)
  • strook fear into,
  • strikes fear in to,
  • strike fear in to,
  • strook fear in to,
  • striking fear into,
  • striking fear in to,
  • struck fear into,
  • struck fear in to,
  • strikes fear into.
  •terrorize (verb)
  • strongarm.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • unnerve,
  • bully,
  • traumatize,
  • intimidate,
  • cow,
  • scare into,
  • affright,
  • scare away.
  •
  • petrify,
  • amaze,
  • paralyze,
  • stupefy.
  •
  • stab.
  •
  • shake,
  • freak,
  • rock.
  •
  • bother.
  •alarm
  • scare to death,
  • scared to death,
  • scared stiff,
  • scare stiff,
  • scare silly,
  • make jump,
  • scares stiff,
  • scared silly,
  • give a turn.
  •amaze
  • blow one's mind,
  • bowl over,
  • blow mind,
  • blow away,
  • Imprest,
  • put one away,
  • astound,
  • blew away.
  •boggle
  • fill with wonder,
  • filled with wonder.
  •confuse
  • confound.
  •dumbfound
  • throw into a tizzy,
  • throw into tizzy.
  •frighten
  • stiffs,
  • stiffed,
  • curdle the blood,
  • make blood run cold,
  • disburb,
  • make teeth chatter,
  • strike terror into,
  • chill to the bone,
  • chilled to the bone,
  • scare off.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dumbfound,
  • push panic button,
  • fuddle,
  • burned up,
  • springs,
  • boggle,
  • molest,
  • fires up,
  • get going,
  • took aback,
  • scare,
  • put chill on,
  • Bestirring,
  • woken,
  • step on it,
  • Frighted,
  • strike terror in,
  • bolt,
  • make one's blood run cold,
  • panic,
  • surprise,
  • misidentifies,
  • wake up,
  • ask for it,
  • strike dumb,
  • become hysterical,
  • misidentified,
  • misidentify,
  • running out on,
  • Frighting,
  • overwhelms,
  • stampeded,
  • have a fit,
  • terrify,
  • make one's teeth chatter,
  • scare the pants off of,
  • Befogging,
  • staggering,
  • fire up,
  • squinched,
  • posed,
  • be terror-stricken,
  • knocked over,
  • metagrobolized,
  • knock over,
  • hurtle,
  • scare the pants off,
  • showboat,
  • daze,
  • blinded,
  • grieve,
  • squinch,
  • make one's hair stand on end,
  • flighting,
  • showboating,
  • run out on,
  • spring something on,
  • jolting,
  • Jostled,
  • takes aback,
  • make waves,
  • Besotting,
  • run scared,
  • powered,
  • frighten,
  • take aback,
  • waking up,
  • Innerve,
  • frenzying,
  • commove,
  • burn up,
  • squinching,
  • enthuse,
  • leave flat,
  • hotdog,
  • leave holding the bag,
  • galvanize,
  • flighted,
  • Loping,
  • leaping,
  • bestirs,
  • woke up,
  • shies,
  • befogged,
  • Flinched,
  • Shying,
  • Intensate,
  • keyed up,
  • mystified,
  • overawe,
  • hotdogging,
  • disturb,
  • enthuses,
  • Innerving,
  • terrorize,
  • leave high and dry,
  • overawes,
  • taking flight,
  • got going,
  • coming apart,
  • took flight,
  • step it,
  • makes waves,
  • Winced,
  • take breath away,
  • lose nerve,
  • taking aback,
  • steam up,
  • stampeding,
  • Fuddling,
  • make a break for it,
  • powering,
  • befog,
  • innervate,
  • overreact,
  • overreacted,
  • jouncing,
  • Overawing,
  • Commoving,
  • lose it,
  • fuddled,
  • rousing,
  • Grand-stand,
  • metagrobolize,
  • Innerved,
  • knock socks off,
  • dynamize,
  • up set,
  • burning up,
  • numbing,
  • give a fright,
  • Escaping,
  • lost it,
  • take one's breath away,
  • left in the lurch,
  • spring,
  • hotdogs,
  • kiss goodbye,
  • leave in lurch,
  • knock over with feather,
  • throw a curve,
  • strike fear into,
  • Dizzied,
  • struck dumb,
  • blinding,
  • getting going,
  • electrify,
  • hit like ton of bricks,
  • overreacts,
  • spook,
  • hippety hop,
  • shock,
  • steaming up,
  • enthusing,
  • fuddles,
  • overawed,
  • befogs,
  • shake in boots,
  • overreacting,
  • dizzies,
  • rouse,
  • freeze up,
  • in flames,
  • take flight,
  • make tracks,
  • alarm,
  • hurtling,
  • besot,
  • jolt,
  • stagger,
  • make uneasy,
  • besots,
  • Dulling,
  • wince,
  • mystify,
  • spring on,
  • steamed up,
  • squinches,
  • running scared,
  • Jounced,
  • run like scared rabbit,
  • showboats,
  • Bestirred,
  • dulls,
  • come apart,
  • scare the daylights out of,
  • give a shock,
  • sillies,
  • bestir,
  • wire,
  • tire,
  • waked up,
  • throw off balance,
  • throws off balance,
  • key up,
  • took off.
  •surprise
  • drop on,
  • catch in the act,
  • lay in wait,
  • lie in wait,
  • catching unawares,
  • catches unawares,
  • catch off-balance,
  • caught in the act,
  • lying in wait,
  • catch off guard,
  • lay wait,
  • burst in on,
  • caught off guard,
  • caught red-handed,
  • leave aghast,
  • lay for,
  • waylay,
  • catch red-handed,
  • cause wonder,
  • drop in on,
  • catch off-guard,
  • caught off balance,
  • leave open-mouthed,
  • take by surprise,
  • caught unawares.
  •terrorize
  • bludgeoned,
  • dragoon,
  • dragoons,
  • Dragooning,
  • strong arm,
  • bludgeoning,
  • Dragooned.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • startlingly,
  • appall,
  • cry havoc,
  • blind,
  • bedaze,
  • flummox,
  • sicken,
  • appalling,
  • scare shitless,
  • terrific,
  • benumb,
  • scratch,
  • discombobulate,
  • disgraceful,
  • threaten,
  • nauseate,
  • parachute,
  • funk,
  • shy,
  • perplex,
  • offset,
  • shameful,
  • astonishing,
  • bowl down,
  • ghastly,
  • revolt,
  • discountenance,
  • origin,
  • nonplus,
  • disgust,
  • begin,
  • beginning,
  • initiation,
  • kickoff,
  • dazzle,
  • horrify,
  • hasty,
  • trouble,
  • amazing,
  • wonderful,
  • rise,
  • discompose,
  • scandalous,
  • skip,
  • bulldoze,
  • precipitous,
  • starting line,
  • take off,
  • bound,
  • pop,
  • starting time,
  • set forth,
  • inauguration,
  • throw,
  • scar,
  • breath,
  • arouse,
  • unsettle,
  • initiate,
  • jumpstart,
  • jumping,
  • leap,
  • lead off,
  • embark on,
  • take,
  • depart,
  • climb up,
  • paralyse,
  • startled,
  • commence,
  • disquiet,
  • tax,
  • stampede,
  • numb,
  • menace,
  • terrorise,
  • parachuting,
  • startle reflex,
  • inception,
  • catch out,
  • awestrike,
  • consternation,
  • amazement,
  • be alarmed,
  • birth,
  • rash,
  • perturb,
  • bulge,
  • set about,
  • originate,
  • dreadful,
  • Dumfound,
  • outrageous,
  • outset,
  • skedaddle,
  • jar,
  • root,
  • outrage,
  • startling,
  • be afraid,
  • jump out,
  • Thunderstrike,
  • catch unawares,
  • skip over,
  • stand out,
  • appal,
  • sound the alarm,
  • flabbergast,
  • head start,
  • disconcert,
  • discourage,
  • fearful,
  • discomfit,
  • strike,
  • distress,
  • stick out,
  • unman,
  • get,
  • opening,
  • surprisingly,
  • cause,
  • saltation,
  • onset,
  • set out,
  • go,
  • fascinate,
  • quick,
  • unstring,
  • frightful,
  • sudden,
  • part,
  • starting,
  • confuse,
  • startle reaction,
  • abrupt,
  • starting signal,
  • jump-start,
  • strike with awe,
  • hideous,
  • bedazzle,
  • astounded,
  • give a start,
  • bewilder,
  • overpower,
  • warn,
  • repel,
  • be startled,
  • cry wolf,
  • overhear,
  • overtake,
  • jib,
  • first,
  • ruffle,
  • Feeze,
  • derivation,
  • alternate,
  • bypass,
  • leave,
  • derail,
  • daunt,
  • leap out,
  • overwhelm,
  • upset,
  • horripilate,
  • Dumfounder,
  • genesis,
  • horrible,
  • formidable,
  • shocking,
  • catch,
  • jump up,
  • start out,
  • faze,
  • overcome,
  • pass over,
  • astonishment,
  • astonished,
  • start-up,
  • threshold,
  • appal orappall,
  • fluster,
  • introduction,
  • commencement,
  • astounding,
  • burden,
  • source,
  • startle response,
  • flinch,
  • dishearten.

Paraphrases for Startle:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    frighten, spook.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    scare.

Antonyms for Startle:

• v.

  • frighten, surprise
    reassure, bore, compose, comfort, soothe, expect, calm.
  • Other antonyms:
    inspire, assure, hearten.

Homophones for Startle:

• straddle, sea turtle, steroidal, strudel.

Hypernym for Startle:

• n.

  • act
    startle reaction, flinch, Moro Reflex, startle response, wince, startle reflex.

Hyponym for Startle:

• n.

  • act
    reflex action, innate reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction, instinctive reflex, reflex response, inborn reflex, reflex.