Exact Match:
- surprise
- the act of surprising someone
- a sudden unexpected event
- the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
- cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me"
- come upon or take unawares; "She surprised the couple"; "He surprised an interesting scene"
Synonyms:
- admiration,
- amaze,
- amazement,
- ambush,
- assail,
- assault,
- astonish,
- astonishment,
- astound,
- astoundment,
- attack,
- awe,
- awestrike,
- bedaze,
- bedazzle,
- beguilement,
- bewilder,
- bewilderment,
- blitz,
- blockbuster,
- blow,
- boggle,
- bomb,
- bombshell,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- breathless wonder,
- bushwhack,
- capture,
- catch,
- catch off-guard,
- catch unawares,
- come at,
- come down on,
- come from behind,
- come upon unexpectedly,
- confound,
- crack down on,
- daze,
- dazzle,
- descend on,
- descend upon,
- discomfit,
- disconcert,
- discover,
- dismay,
- do the unexpected,
- drop in on,
- dumbfound,
- dumbfounder,
- dumbfoundment,
- earthshaker,
- eye-opener,
- fall on,
- fall upon,
- fascination,
- faze,
- flabbergast,
- floor,
- gang up on,
- go at,
- go for,
- grab,
- grasp,
- harry,
- have at,
- hit,
- hit like lightning,
- incredulity,
- joker,
- jolt,
- jump,
- kicker,
- land on,
- lay at,
- lay for,
- lay hands on,
- lay into,
- light into,
- marvel,
- marveling,
- mug,
- nonplus,
- overwhelm,
- paralyze,
- peripeteia,
- perplex,
- petrify,
- pitch into,
- pounce upon,
- pound,
- pull up short,
- puzzlement,
- rattle,
- revelation,
- rock,
- sail into,
- seize,
- sense of mystery,
- sense of wonder,
- set on,
- set upon,
- shock,
- shocker,
- sneak attack,
- spring a surprise,
- spring upon,
- stagger,
- staggerer,
- startle,
- startler,
- strike,
- strike dead,
- strike dumb,
- strike with wonder,
- stun,
- stupefaction,
- stupefy,
- surprisal,
- surprise attack,
- surprise ending,
- surprise package,
- surprise party,
- swan,
- switch,
- swoop down on,
- take,
- take aback,
- take by surprise,
- take short,
- take the offensive,
- take unawares,
- thunderbolt,
- thunderclap,
- wade into,
- waylay,
- wonder,
- wonderment