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Synonyms for surprising
sərˈpraɪ zɪŋ, sə-sur·pris·ing
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Wiktionary
surprisingadjective
Synonyms:
unexpected, astonishingsurprisingadjective
That is or are a surprise.
A surprising number of people attended the rally.
Synonyms:
unexpected, astonishing
Princeton's WordNet
surprisingadjective
causing surprise or wonder or amazement
"the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data"; "leaped up with surprising agility"; "she earned a surprising amount of money"
Antonyms:
unsurprising
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
surprisingadjective
Synonyms:
astonishing, amazing, astounding, marvelous
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "surprising":
astonishing, amazing, surprised, striking, startling, astounding, stunning, strange, staggering, unexpected, odd, remarkable, puzzling, sudden, surprise, shocking
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2928 | amazing | |
#3929 | strange | |
#4651 | surprise | |
#5451 | odd | |
#6106 | surprised | |
#7025 | stunning | |
#7984 | remarkable | |
#8034 | sudden | |
#8101 | unexpected | |
#8853 | striking | |
#9457 | surprising | |
#14061 | shocking | |
#20016 | astonishing | |
#20961 | staggering | |
#25270 | startling | |
#26001 | astounding | |
#32410 | puzzling |
How to use surprising in a sentence?
Water ice is, at present, not stable at the very surface of Mars near the equator at these elevations, so, it’s not surprising that we’re not detecting any water ice at the surface. It is possible that all the glacier’s water ice has sublimated away by now. But there’s also a chance that some of it might still be protected at shallow depth under the sulfate salts.
Though we dont have a national faith, there is faith in our nation, and so its not at all surprising that people would have politicians sign their Bibles, those Bibles are meaningful to them and apparently these politicians are, too.
Equity is less attractive to engineers in Kenya when weighed against salary, which is not surprising given the nature of the start-up space, availability of funding, and the Kenyan economy.
It appears to be a personal relationship, it is a bit surprising that all this time is being spent between the two of them together ... It is peculiar.
Field Museum senior research scientist:
There’s more than one way to make magenta with iridescence, the parent species each have their own way of making magenta, which is, I think, why you can have this nonlinear or surprising outcome when you mix together those two recipes for producing a feather color.
Translations for surprising
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- sorprenentCatalan, Valencian
- überraschend, erstaunlich, verwunderlichGerman
- εκπληκτικόςGreek
- mirigeEsperanto
- sorprendenteSpanish
- yllättäväFinnish
- étonnante, étonnant, surprenante, surprenantFrench
- meglepőHungarian
- sorprendenteItalian
- verrassendDutch
- удиви́тельный, порази́тельныйRussian
- överraskandeSwedish
- sbarant, ewaerante, ewaerant, saizixhante, sbarante, saizixhantWalloon
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