Surprise Synonyms

1. shock

• whammy  
 
• turn up for the books  
 
• thunderbolt  
 
• start
  
• source of amazement  
 
• shocker  
 
• shock  
 
• rude awakening  
 
• revelation
  
• eye-opener  
 
• bombshell  
 
• bolt from/out of the blue  
 

2. astonishment

• wonder
  
• stupefaction  
 
• incredulity  
 
• disbelief  
 
• consternation  
 
• confusion  
 
• bewilderment  
 
• astonishment  
 
• amazement  
 

3. astonish

• wonderful
  
• wide-eyed  
 
• unusual
  
• unpredicted  
 
• unpredictable
  
• unforeseen  
 
• unexpected
  
• unanticipated  
 
• thunderstruck  
 
• take someone's breath away  
 
• taken aback  
 
• take aback  
 
• stupefy  
 
• stupefied  
 
• stunned  
 
• stun
  
• striking
  
• strike dumb  
 
• stop someone in their tracks  
 
• startling  
 
• startled  
 
• startle  
 
• staggering  
 
• staggered  
 
• stagger  
 
• speechless  
 
• shocked
  
• shock  
 
• shell-shocked  
 
• shake up  
 
• shaken up  
 
• remarkable
  
• open-mouthed  
 
• nonplussed  
 
• nonplus  
 
• mind-blowing  
 
• leave open-mouthed  
 
• knock for six  
 
• knocked for six  
 
• jolted  
 
• jolt  
 
• incredible
  
• in amazement  
 
• goggle-eyed  
 
• flummoxed  
 
• floored  
 
• floor  
 
• flabbergasted  
 
• flabbergast  
 
• extraordinary
  
• dumbstruck  
 
• dumbfounded  
 
• dumbfound  
 
• dazzling  
 
• dazed  
 
• daze  
 
• confounded  
 
• confound  
 
• caught on the wrong foot  
 
• caught on the hop  
 
• breathtaking
  
• bowl over  
 
• bowled over  
 
• blow someone's mind  
 
• benumbed  
 
• benumb  
 
• backasswards  
 
• at a loss for words  
 
• astounding  
 
• astounded  
 
• astound  
 
• astonishing  
 
• astonished  
 
• astonish  
 
• amazing
  
• amazed  
 
• amazeballs  
 
• amaze
  
• agape  
 

4. take by surprise

• take by surprise  
 
• catch unawares  
 
• catch red-handed  
 
• catch out  
 
• catch on the hop  
 
• catch off guard  
 
• catch napping  
 
• catch in the act  
 
• catch in flagrante delicto  
 
• burst in on