Synonyms for Sur prising:

• adj.

  •abrupt (adjective)
  • precipitous,
  • jerky,
  • rushing,
  • hurried,
  • unexpected,
  • hasty,
  • precipitate,
  • unceremonious,
  • quick,
  • surprising.
  •amazing (adjective)
  • incredible,
  • fascinating,
  • awesome,
  • prodigious,
  • marvelous,
  • unbelievable.
  •astounding (adjective)
  • mind-boggling,
  • overwhelming,
  • eye-popping,
  • confounding,
  • wondrous,
  • mind-blowing,
  • stupefying,
  • breathtaking.
  •extraordinary (adjective)
  • rare,
  • odd,
  • particular,
  • terrific,
  • special,
  • flash,
  • unimaginable,
  • unheard-of,
  • outstanding,
  • strange,
  • unfamiliar,
  • exceptional,
  • unthinkable,
  • uncommon,
  • inconceivable,
  • stupendous,
  • wicked,
  • fab,
  • bizarre,
  • singular,
  • unprecedented,
  • unusual,
  • boss,
  • heavy,
  • gnarly,
  • out of the ordinary,
  • weird,
  • fantastic,
  • off beaten path,
  • unwonted,
  • unique,
  • phenomenal,
  • curious,
  • peculiar.
  •marvelous (adjective)
  • improbable,
  • implausible,
  • miraculous,
  • striking,
  • awe-inspiring,
  • unlikely,
  • astounding,
  • staggering,
  • fabulous,
  • spectacular,
  • difficult to believe,
  • supernatural,
  • awful,
  • incomprehensible,
  • bewildering.
  •mind-boggling (adjective)
  • eye-opening.
  •prodigious (adjective)
  • preternatural,
  • unreal,
  • state-of-the-art,
  • bad,
  • out-of-this-world,
  • impressive,
  • utmost,
  • abnormal.
  •puzzling (adjective)
  • involved,
  • enigmatic,
  • hard,
  • baffling,
  • beyond one,
  • misleading,
  • mystifying,
  • unfathomable,
  • labyrinthine,
  • knotty,
  • perplexing,
  • inexplicable,
  • unclear,
  • unaccountable,
  • abstruse,
  • ambiguous,
  • difficult,
  • obscure.
  •remarkable (adjective)
  • gilt-edged,
  • marked,
  • distinguished,
  • arresting,
  • primo,
  • famous,
  • significant,
  • notable,
  • super,
  • greatest,
  • momentous,
  • noteworthy,
  • weighty,
  • uncustomary,
  • solid,
  • zero cool,
  • conspicuous,
  • important,
  • splashy,
  • unordinary,
  • preeminent,
  • signal,
  • noticeable,
  • world class,
  • salient,
  • Arrestive,
  • prominent,
  • smashing.
  •sensational (adjective)
  • exciting,
  • eloquent,
  • keen,
  • stirring,
  • cool,
  • out of this world,
  • agitating,
  • moving,
  • dramatic,
  • most,
  • first-class,
  • thrilling,
  • dandy,
  • glorious,
  • divine.
  •startling (adjective)
  • alarming.
  •striking (adjective)
  • eye-catching,
  • cogent,
  • handsome,
  • commanding,
  • attractive,
  • memorable,
  • dynamite,
  • forcible,
  • lofty,
  • telling,
  • jazzy,
  • powerful,
  • showy,
  • charming,
  • forceful,
  • compelling,
  • dazzling.
  •stupendous (adjective)
  • huge,
  • superb,
  • gigantic,
  • radical,
  • monster,
  • great,
  • fat,
  • enormous,
  • tremendous,
  • colossal,
  • titantic,
  • too much,
  • monumental,
  • vast.
  •surprising (adjective)
  • out of the blue,
  • wonderful,
  • impulsive,
  • without warning,
  • shocking,
  • astonishing,
  • startling,
  • accidental,
  • unanticipated,
  • sudden,
  • fortuitous,
  • chance,
  • extraordinary,
  • unpredicted,
  • amazing,
  • remarkable,
  • stunning,
  • electrifying,
  • unforeseen,
  • from left field,
  • unpredictable.
  •unaccustomed (adjective)
  • foreign,
  • quaint,
  • eccentric,
  • outlandish,
  • imported,
  • exotic,
  • different,
  • altered,
  • unknown,
  • alien,
  • variant,
  • unconventional,
  • novel,
  • unorthodox.
  •uncommon (adjective)
  • irregular,
  • unheard of,
  • extreme,
  • arcane,
  • scarce,
  • original,
  • egregious,
  • out of the way,
  • nondescript,
  • few,
  • aberrant,
  • queer,
  • seldom,
  • infrequent,
  • unaccustomed,
  • anomalous,
  • sporadic,
  • freakish,
  • outre.
  •undreamed-of (adjective)
  • undreamt-of,
  • unimagined.
  •unordinary (adjective)
  • Atypic.
  •unusual (adjective)
  • far-out,
  • eminent,
  • atypical,
  • unparalleled,
  • refreshing,
  • something else.
  •wonderful (adjective)
  • groovy,
  • pleasing,
  • pleasant,
  • magnificent,
  • swell,
  • enjoyable,
  • fine,
  • prime,
  • excellent,
  • sensational,
  • brilliant,
  • peachy,
  • admirable.

• adv.

  •out of the blue (adverb)
  • unprepared for,
  • not predicted,
  • unplanned.

• v.

  •alarm (verb)
  • scare,
  • distress,
  • daunt,
  • scare to death,
  • spook,
  • terrify,
  • give a turn,
  • panic,
  • chill,
  • make jump,
  • surprise,
  • unnerve,
  • frighten,
  • astonish,
  • scare silly,
  • scare stiff.
  •ambush (verb)
  • hide,
  • dry gulch,
  • decoy,
  • assault,
  • net,
  • jump,
  • box in,
  • set trap,
  • hook,
  • ensnare,
  • ambuscade,
  • jap,
  • surround,
  • hem in,
  • wait,
  • assail,
  • trap,
  • entrap,
  • lurk.
  •astound (verb)
  • knock over with feather.
  •catch (verb)
  • spot,
  • encounter,
  • unmask,
  • detect,
  • take unawares,
  • descry,
  • expose,
  • hit upon,
  • turn up,
  • meet with.
  •confound (verb)
  • embarrass,
  • pose,
  • throw,
  • blend,
  • jumble,
  • discombobulate,
  • mix,
  • misidentify,
  • metagrobolize,
  • mix up,
  • puzzle,
  • commingle,
  • discountenance,
  • befog,
  • baffle,
  • bug,
  • faze,
  • screw up,
  • fiddle,
  • abash,
  • confute,
  • mystify.
  •daze (verb)
  • disorder,
  • muddle,
  • fuddle,
  • distract,
  • paralyze,
  • benumb,
  • blur,
  • numb,
  • blind,
  • overpower,
  • befuddle,
  • dizzy,
  • addle.
  •dazzle (verb)
  • glitz,
  • hypnotize,
  • razzle-dazzle,
  • excite,
  • overawe,
  • fascinate,
  • impress,
  • bedazzle.
  •dumbfound (verb)
  • blow one's mind,
  • throw into a tizzy,
  • boggle.
  •overwhelm (verb)
  • overcome,
  • do in,
  • downgrade,
  • destroy,
  • render speechless,
  • steamroller,
  • subordinate,
  • run circles around,
  • shatter,
  • prostrate,
  • upset,
  • drown,
  • kill,
  • wreck,
  • blow out of the water,
  • demoralize,
  • disturb,
  • swamp.
  •perplex (verb)
  • get to,
  • involve,
  • encumber,
  • beset,
  • snarl up,
  • muddy the waters,
  • discompose,
  • thwart,
  • balk,
  • ravel,
  • stumble,
  • buffalo,
  • entangle,
  • thicken,
  • complicate,
  • perturb,
  • tangle,
  • muck,
  • stump,
  • fog.
  •stagger (verb)
  • shake,
  • take breath away,
  • throw off balance,
  • give a shock,
  • devastate.
  •stun (verb)
  • HIT.
  •stun/stupefy (verb)
  • knock over,
  • knock unconscious,
  • hit like ton of bricks,
  • knock out,
  • bemuse.
  •stupefy (verb)
  • Hebetate,
  • dull,
  • besot,
  • blunt.
  •surprise (verb)
  • lie in wait,
  • discomfit,
  • spring on,
  • dumbfound,
  • throw a curve,
  • burst in on,
  • nonplus,
  • capture,
  • jar,
  • consternate,
  • unsettle,
  • daze,
  • strike with awe,
  • bewilder,
  • shock,
  • grab,
  • perplex,
  • leave aghast,
  • disconcert,
  • leave open-mouthed,
  • blow away,
  • shake up,
  • ambush,
  • spring something on,
  • take,
  • petrify,
  • drop in on,
  • overwhelm,
  • astound,
  • bowl over,
  • stagger,
  • seize,
  • discover,
  • catch off-balance,
  • startle,
  • take aback,
  • bushwhack,
  • take one's breath away,
  • waylay,
  • rattle,
  • lay for,
  • take by surprise,
  • confuse,
  • floor,
  • amaze,
  • dismay,
  • dazzle,
  • jolt,
  • catch in the act,
  • cause wonder,
  • nab,
  • confound,
  • stun,
  • strike dumb,
  • come down on,
  • catch off-guard,
  • stupefy,
  • electrify,
  • awe,
  • grasp,
  • flabbergast,
  • catch unawares,
  • rock,
  • catch red-handed.
  •trap (verb)
  • fool,
  • inveigle,
  • deceive,
  • circumvent,
  • trammel,
  • trip up,
  • corral,
  • suck in,
  • beguile,
  • nail,
  • overtake,
  • collar,
  • dupe,
  • snag,
  • corner,
  • mousetrap,
  • seduce,
  • land,
  • rope in,
  • enmesh.
  •waylay (verb)
  • hold up,
  • catch,
  • prowl,
  • pounce on,
  • attack,
  • swoop down on,
  • slink,
  • set upon,
  • box,
  • accost,
  • skulk.

Antonyms for Sur prising:

• adj.

  • abrupt
    kind, expansive, at ease, leisurely, deliberate, slow, lazy, gradual, nice.
  • amazing
    insignificant, unamazing, bad, plausible, credible, believable, poor.
  • extraordinary
    like, worthless, inferior, Familiar, regular, commonplace, similar, average, unexceptional, typical, indifferent, conventional, general, unsurprising, common, plain, standard, customary, unimportant, unextraordinary, unremarkable.
  • marvelous
    paltry, ugly, boring, possible, likely, inconsiderable, tenable.
  • prodigious
    small, tiny, little.
  • puzzling
    explicable, comprehensible, clear, fathomable, comprehendible, understandable, explicit, explainable, intelligible.
  • remarkable
    inconspicuous, unnoticeable, unimpressive, trivial, inconsequential.
  • sensational
    unexciting, run-of-the-mill.
  • striking
    horrifying, weak, obscure, ineffective, homely.
  • stupendous
    terrible.
  • surprising
    normal, usual, predictable, ordinary, expected.
  • unaccustomed
    prepared, ready, accustomed.
  • uncommon
    imperfect, frequent.
  • unusual
    unnoteworthy.
  • wonderful
    lousy, hateful, nasty, unpleasant, disagreeable, unworthy, unhappy, rotten, dull, dark, second-rate.

• v.

  • alarm
    encourage, repose, reassure, gladden, assure.
  • catch
    overlook, miss, misplace, let off, push, be immune.
  • confound
    relate, make clear, divide, separate, help, explicate, unmix.
  • dumbfound
    lay out.
  • overwhelm
    organize, surrender, not impress, assist, underwhelm, create, yield, aid.
  • perplex
    untangle, untwist, exclude.
  • surprise
    explain, release, comfort, clarify, liberate, give, clear up, soothe, free, compose, bore, order, lose, expect, offer, calm, misunderstand, enlighten, let go.
  • trap
    disentangle, disenchant, allow, turn off, fail, be honest.
  • waylay
    forward.