Definition for Surprise:

• The occurrence itself. [ Lat.]

Synonyms for Surprise:

• n.

  •
  • revelation.
  •
  • discover.
  •
  • spring a surprise,
  • shake up.
  •
  • surprising,
  • astonishing,
  • unexpected,
  • amazing.
  •
  • assail,
  • ambush,
  • go for,
  • come at,
  • mug,
  • set on.
  •amazement (noun)
  • awe,
  • bewilderment,
  • wonder,
  • astonishment,
  • amazement.
  •hoo-hah (noun)
  • hoo-hah.
  •something amazing; state of amazement (noun)
  • attack,
  • curiosity,
  • portent,
  • precipitation,
  • precipitance,
  • eureka,
  • kick,
  • start,
  • incredulity,
  • curveball,
  • miscalculation,
  • consternation,
  • suddenness,
  • fortune,
  • disillusion,
  • disappointment,
  • godsend,
  • phenomenon,
  • unforeseen,
  • rarity,
  • precipitousness,
  • whammy,
  • abruptness,
  • prodigy.
  •startle (noun)
  • assault.
  •surprise (noun)
  • surprisal.

• v.

  •alarm (verb)
  • shock,
  • frighten,
  • alert,
  • startle,
  • signal,
  • scare,
  • dismay,
  • panic.
  •amaze (verb)
  • astound,
  • bewilder,
  • impress,
  • astonish,
  • amaze.
  •astonish; cause amazement (verb)
  • consternate,
  • discomfit,
  • cause wonder,
  • flabbergast,
  • strike with awe,
  • spring something on,
  • nonplus,
  • rock,
  • unsettle,
  • leave aghast,
  • rattle,
  • take one's breath away,
  • confuse,
  • petrify.
  •competition (verb)
  • storm.
  •sneak up on; catch (verb)
  • seize,
  • take by surprise,
  • burst in on,
  • come down on,
  • drop in on,
  • grasp,
  • capture,
  • lie in wait,
  • catch unawares,
  • catch in the act,
  • grab,
  • nab,
  • spring on.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • awakening,
  • anticipatory,
  • happenchance,
  • fluke,
  • bromide,
  • trauma,
  • galvanize,
  • horrify,
  • boomerang,
  • fluky,
  • valentine,
  • judgmental,
  • bushwhack,
  • defy,
  • scandal,
  • disconcert,
  • kicker,
  • boggle.
  •
  • banality,
  • confound,
  • mischance,
  • stupefy,
  • precipitant,
  • discretionary,
  • fortuitous,
  • usual,
  • flat-footed,
  • COMP,
  • hap,
  • blow,
  • Histrionical,
  • electrify,
  • depend,
  • contretemps,
  • expectant,
  • hurried,
  • zinger,
  • truism,
  • sudden,
  • blindside,
  • amiss,
  • token.
  •
  • jar,
  • theatrical,
  • abrupt,
  • numb,
  • subjective,
  • casualty,
  • accident,
  • generous,
  • normal,
  • sicken,
  • backfire,
  • inadvertent,
  • ordinary.
  •
  • contingent,
  • anticipate,
  • favor,
  • throw,
  • floor,
  • gift.
  •
  • chance.
  •
  • take.
  •
  • HIT,
  • figure.
  •alarm
  • make jump,
  • give a turn.
  •amaze
  • bowl over.
  •ambush
  • lay for.
  •dumbfound
  • blow one's mind,
  • blow mind.
  •waylay
  • swoop down on,
  • set upon.

Paraphrases for Surprise:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    surprising.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    astonishment, surprising.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    unannounced.
  • Proper noun, singular
    shocks.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    shock, wonder, dismay.
  • Adverb
    surprisingly.
  • Verb, past tense
    Caught, Walked.
  • Verb, base form
    shock, wonder, amaze, confuse.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    sudden, abrupt, short-notice.
  • Proper noun, singular
    sudden.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    amazement, sudden, consternation, miracle.
  • Verb, base form
    catch.

Antonyms for Surprise:

• n.

  • something amazing; state of amazement
    happiness, expectation.
  • Other antonyms:
    calmness, coolness, stoicism, composure, preparation, steadiness, anticipation, self-possession, indifference.

• v.

  • astonish; cause amazement
    calm, soothe, clarify, expect, clear up, explain, order, enlighten, compose, bore, comfort.
  • sneak up on; catch
    misunderstand, let go, free, release, offer, lose, give, liberate.

Hypernym for Surprise:

• n.

  • event
    bombshell, peripety, coup de theatre, thunderclap, eye opener, peripeteia, peripetia, thunderbolt, stunner, blow, shock.

• v.

  • cognition
    bowl over, explode a bombshell, amaze, flabbergast, take aback, ball over, astonish, blow out of the water, catch, shock, astound, boggle, floor.
  • social
    blindside.

Hyponym for Surprise:

• n.

  • event
    modification, change, alteration.
  • feeling
    astonishment, amazement.

• v.

  • cognition
    move, impress, strike, affect.
  • competition
    attack, assail.
  • social
    move, act.