Surprise synonyms | Another word for surprise

1. shock

• Bolt from/out of the blue
• Bombshell
• Eye-opener
• Revelation
• Rude awakening
• Shock
• Shocker
• Source of amazement
• Start
• Thunderbolt
• Turn up for the books
• Whammy

2. astonishment

• Amazement
• Astonishment
• Bewilderment
• Confusion
• Disbelief
• Incredulity
• Stupefaction
• Wonder
• Consternation

3. astonish

• Agape
• Amaze
• Amazeballs
• Amazed
• Amazing
• Astonish
• Astonished
• Astonishing
• Astound
• Astounded
• Astounding
• At a loss for words
• Benumb
• Benumbed
• Blow someone's mind
• Bowl over
• Bowled over
• Breathtaking
• Caught on the hop
• Caught on the wrong foot
• Confound
• Confounded
• Daze
• Dazed
• Dazzling
• Dumbfound
• Dumbfounded
• Dumbstruck
• Extraordinary
• Flabbergast
• Flabbergasted
• Floor
• Floored
• Flummoxed
• Goggle-eyed
• In amazement
• Incredible
• Jolt
• Jolted
• Knock for six
• Knocked for six
• Leave open-mouthed
• Mind-blowing
• Nonplus
• Nonplussed
• Open-mouthed
• Remarkable
• Shake up
• Shaken up
• Shell-shocked
• Shock
• Shocked
• Speechless
• Stagger
• Staggered
• Staggering
• Startle
• Startled
• Startling
• Stop someone in their tracks
• Strike dumb
• Striking
• Stun
• Stunned
• Stupefied
• Stupefy
• Take aback
• Take someone's breath away
• Taken aback
• Thunderstruck
• Unanticipated
• Unexpected
• Unforeseen
• Unpredictable
• Unpredicted
• Unusual
• Wide-eyed
• Wonderful
• Backasswards

4. take by surprise

• Burst in on
• Catch in flagrante delicto
• Catch in the act
• Catch napping
• Catch off guard
• Catch out
• Catch red-handed
• Catch unawares
• Take by surprise
• Catch on the hop