Synonyms for sudden
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Abrupt — hasty; violent; rash; precipitate
abrupt, unexpected, rash, acute, reckless, sharp, precipitous, unforeseen, quick, swift, unanticipated, surprising, hasty, impulsive, impetuous, precipitate, hot-headed, unlooked-for, precipitant rare, subitaneous dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
Related words
- Word family
- suddenly suddenness
- Phrases
- sudden fiction sudden death sudden victory
- Is a kind of
- instantaneous
From weakest to strongest
From the opposite of sudden, on the left, to its strongest synonyms, on the right.
Example sentences
- unexpected The truth can often be found in unexpected places.
- acute The patient is suffering from acute cardiac pain.
- rash I got a rash on my hands from dishwasher detergent.
- abrupt Sami's idyllic country life came to an abrupt end.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sudden | rising | |
| unexpected | rising | |
| acute | steady | |
| rash | rising | |
| abrupt | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- rash1
- 5 letters
- quick1, sharp1, swift1, acute2, hasty2
- 6 letters
- abrupt2
- 8 letters
- reckless2
- 9 letters
- impulsive3, impetuous3
- 10 letters
- surprising3, unexpected4, unforeseen3
- 11 letters
- precipitate4, precipitous4, precipitant, subitaneous
- 13 letters
- unanticipated6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (acute2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- soudain