Synonyms for sudden
ˈsʌd nsud·den

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1. suddennoun

   Antonyms:
   unsudden, gradual

2. suddenadjective

   Happening quickly and with little or no warning, snell.

   The sudden drop in temperature left everyone cold and confused.

   Antonyms:
   gradual, unsudden

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1. sudden

   Synonyms:
   unanticipated, hasty, rash, quick, unexpected, abrupt

   Antonyms:
   gradual, expected, transitional, slow, premonished, anticipated

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1. suddenadjective

   happening without warning or in a short space of time

   "a sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure"

   Antonyms:
   gradatory, graduated, piecemeal, stepwise, gradational, gradual, bit-by-bit, in small stages, step-by-step

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1. suddenadjective

   Synonyms:
   unexpected, abrupt, unforeseen, unanticipated, unlooked for

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1. suddenadjective

   Synonyms:
   unexpected, abrupt, unlocked for

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1. List of paraphrases for "sudden":

   abrupt, sudden-onset, unexpected, surprise, suddenly, short-notice, brutal, sharp, snap, precipitous, surprising, unannounced, flash

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1. Christopher Dunn:

   That creates this situation with kids where you go to school and have no reason to think there’s going to be a problem, but all of a sudden you’re labeled as a MS-13 gang member.

2. Julian Tackett:

   The absolute worst part of my job is getting a call like I received Wednesday night with the sudden loss of this young man, our thoughts and prayers go out to his entire family, the Paul Laurence Dunbar and Fayette County school community, and all those who valiantly tried to save this young man following his incident.

3. Steven Taylor:

   The people who need these medicines have been through significant trials and tribulations to get to the point where they need these medicines, and to all of a sudden have a shortage is terrifying for a lot of people. it isn't easy to switch drugs, especially when you're on a serious drug like Actemra.

4. Lucas White:

   Nobody knows what will happen with commodity prices and it's more or less impossible to predict, but farmers spend all this time getting their soil to be very productive and all of a sudden a huge downpour comes and they have to start from scratch again. It's very difficult to produce agriculture in a world that is increasingly impacted by climate change.

5. Keith Foley:

   Are all of the sudden people going to just say, 'Oh wow, we can go to Monticello!'? I don't know, i wouldn't suggest it's not going to be successful to some degree, but it's definitely not as certain as it was in the old days when you built a casino and people came.