Definition for Unexpected:

• causing surprise or amazement by not being expected; " the curtains opened to reveal a completely unexpected scene"

Synonyms for Unexpected:

• adj.

  •accidental (adjective)
  • uncalculated.
  •curious (adjective)
  • singular,
  • unique.
  •different (adjective)
  • unusual.
  •sudden (adjective)
  • quick,
  • abrupt,
  • precipitous,
  • immediate,
  • sudden,
  • hasty,
  • instantaneous.
  •surprising (adjective)
  • surprising,
  • shocking,
  • astounding,
  • unforeseen,
  • astonishing.

• n.

  •
  • not in the cards,
  • electrifying,
  • stunning,
  • fortuitous,
  • Uncontemplated,
  • extraordinary,
  • amazing,
  • prodigious,
  • wonderful,
  • sensational,
  • eye-opening.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • crazily,
  • remarkable,
  • staggering,
  • ironically,
  • eye-popping,
  • earth-shattering,
  • unasked,
  • accidental,
  • ironic,
  • phenomenal,
  • incredibly,
  • outrageous.
  •
  • remarkably.
  •
  • incredible.
  •Other relevant words:
  • chance,
  • jut out,
  • exotic,
  • unadvertised,
  • chimney,
  • unaccountable,
  • minute,
  • wildly,
  • queer,
  • snappy,
  • near,
  • unlucky,
  • preternatural,
  • dash,
  • coincidence,
  • erratic,
  • fiercely,
  • speedily,
  • adventure,
  • prey,
  • weird,
  • unsuspected,
  • offend,
  • accident,
  • possibility,
  • speedy,
  • occasional,
  • chancy,
  • stupefying,
  • individual,
  • dissimulate,
  • grotesque,
  • unforeseeable,
  • causeless,
  • fitful,
  • eventuality,
  • far-out,
  • unparalleled,
  • payback,
  • all at once,
  • stack,
  • unawares,
  • indeterminate,
  • fatal,
  • headlong,
  • defraud,
  • snapper,
  • unprovided for,
  • fantastic,
  • suddenness,
  • impetuously,
  • different,
  • unpremeditated,
  • injure,
  • unprecedented,
  • aleatory,
  • kinky,
  • alarm,
  • unwitting,
  • incomprehensible,
  • eccentric,
  • accidentally,
  • dissemble,
  • inconceivable,
  • periodic,
  • improbable,
  • ordinary,
  • breakaway,
  • loss,
  • irritate,
  • impromptu,
  • circumvent,
  • out of the blue,
  • out of character,
  • rapid,
  • mind-blowing,
  • fantastical,
  • precipitously,
  • mysterious,
  • disappointing,
  • fluky,
  • barmy,
  • precipitate,
  • impossible,
  • unfamiliar,
  • deviant,
  • unwonted,
  • original,
  • strange,
  • pretend,
  • screwy,
  • break,
  • unbelievable,
  • risky,
  • irregular,
  • funny,
  • hastily,
  • fatidic,
  • turbulently,
  • contravene,
  • rapidly,
  • undivined,
  • assume,
  • deceive,
  • from left field,
  • unfitting,
  • arbitrary,
  • mislead,
  • fortune,
  • circumstantial,
  • brisk,
  • discourteously,
  • uncanny,
  • crudely,
  • unrestrainedly,
  • fanciful,
  • strained,
  • Destinal,
  • abruptly,
  • wondrous,
  • odd,
  • intermittent,
  • undetermined,
  • monstrous,
  • unorthodox,
  • harshly,
  • out-of-the-way,
  • circumstance,
  • unthought-of,
  • unheard-of,
  • rudely,
  • by chance,
  • cheat,
  • freakish,
  • Uncanvassed,
  • antic,
  • Denaturalized,
  • inadvertent,
  • sui generis,
  • sporadic,
  • way out,
  • off-the-wall,
  • unheralded,
  • mind-boggling,
  • amazement,
  • picturesque,
  • untypical,
  • displease,
  • swift,
  • coincidental,
  • violently,
  • kooky,
  • contingency,
  • ruggedly,
  • defy,
  • one shot,
  • innovative,
  • infringe,
  • rare,
  • Atypic,
  • bohemian,
  • not natural,
  • catch unawares,
  • uncustomary,
  • constrained,
  • feign,
  • freaky,
  • nondescript,
  • crash,
  • yach,
  • spasmodic,
  • unexpectedness,
  • suddenly,
  • unevenly,
  • lucky,
  • roughly,
  • go against,
  • swiftly,
  • unhoped-for,
  • unannounced,
  • pop,
  • unnatural,
  • outlandish,
  • bent,
  • idiosyncratic,
  • anomalous,
  • nonstandard,
  • unpredicted,
  • freak,
  • unthought,
  • unsought,
  • numbing,
  • uneven,
  • one-off,
  • betray,
  • delude,
  • upset,
  • fleetly,
  • bamboozle,
  • outre,
  • dicey,
  • quaint,
  • turn up,
  • promptly,
  • bizarre,
  • break through,
  • kookie,
  • rum,
  • iffy,
  • unhoped,
  • unfashionable,
  • astonishment,
  • incidental,
  • character,
  • unpublicized,
  • exceptional,
  • novel,
  • forced,
  • fright,
  • coarsely,
  • Unguessed,
  • inexplicable,
  • offbeat,
  • striking,
  • unpredictable,
  • miraculous,
  • peculiar,
  • random,
  • simulate,
  • unexpectedly,
  • approximately,
  • noteworthy,
  • unimaginable,
  • uncommon,
  • atypical,
  • uncaused,
  • stray,
  • adventitious,
  • hardly,
  • aberrant,
  • affect,
  • rash,
  • recherche,
  • take by surprise,
  • casualty,
  • unscheduled,
  • weirdo,
  • abruptness,
  • unconventional,
  • unordinary.

Paraphrases for Unexpected:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    unannounced, unpredicted, unhoped-for, unforeseen, unanticipated.
  • Proper noun, singular
    unforeseen.
  • Verb, past participle
    unanticipated.

• Forward Entailment

  • Adjective
    expected.
  • Verb, past participle
    expected.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    unprecedented, unusual, unwanted, accidental, sudden-onset, unintentional, anticipated, short-notice, stunning, undesired, unlikely, astonishing, inadvertent, casual, untimely, surprised, adventitious, astounding, startling, dramatic, predictable, extraordinary, uncanny, fortuitous, erratic, uncertain.
  • Verb, past participle
    Occurred, anticipated.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    unforeseeable, surprising, unpredictable, unintended, abrupt, unplanned, sudden.
  • Proper noun, singular
    unpredictable, unintended, unplanned, sudden.

Antonyms for Unexpected:

• adj.

  • all
    expected.
  • surprising
    planned, slow, deliberate, predictable, intentional, designed.
  • Other antonyms:
    unsurprising, predicted, hoped-for, matter of course, foreseen.