Synonyms for astonishing
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
astounding, surprising, amazing, staggering, wonderful, stunning, stupendous, marvelous US, marvellous UK, prodigious, wondrous, stupefying, striking, strange, phenomenal, miraculous, thunderstriking rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Causing astonishment.
Example sentences
- amazing How amazing that your mother speaks six languages!
- surprising It is surprising how little she knows of the world.
- staggering The desolation left in his wake is staggering.
- astounding The diversity of flowers in this area is astounding.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| astonishing | steady | |
| amazing | rising | |
| surprising | steady | |
| staggering | steady | |
| astounding | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- amazing3, strange1
- 8 letters
- stunning2, striking2, wondrous2
- 9 letters
- wonderful3, marvelous3
- 10 letters
- surprising3, phenomenal4, astounding3, staggering3, marvellous3, miraculous4, prodigious3, stupendous3, stupefying
- 15 letters
- thunderstriking
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amazing3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- étonnant
- Italiano
- sorprendente
- Deutsch
- erstaunlich