Thesaurus:surprise

Thesaurus

surprise

English

Noun

Sense: the feeling that something unexpected has happened

Synonyms

• amazement
• astonishment
• awe
• bewilderment
• flabbergast
• flabbergastation
• flabbergastment
• shock
• stupefaction
• surprise

Antonyms

• expectancy
• expectation

See also

• Thesaurus:surprising

Further reading

• “508. inexpectation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “surprise” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.