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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How to use Sudden in a sentence?

1. Van Veldhuizen:

   You don't know what the next step brings, all of a sudden you step a little funny on a pebble or you step into a pothole and now you've got a twisted ankle.

2. David Letterman:

   New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn't make a sudden move.

3. Sol Campbell:

   You think you've got a draw and then all of a sudden you go and win, that's what you need in these tournaments. You just need something to go your way.

4. Jack Donachy:

   I don't think I would have had that experience, that sudden 'connected-ness' with the country, had I been riding any other mode of transportation. There is something incredibly liberating and thought-inducing about being on a train.

5. Susan Yurkovich:

   Our fiber supply picture is declining in the province of British Columbia at a time when we're running into a picture of very strong demand, parks and protected areas are a huge piece, so it's not like you can just say all of a sudden we're going to lift up the cut. And frankly, you don't want to do that because we are an industry that is going to be around for generations if we harvest at a sustainable level. So, for the midterm, British Columbia is going to have less lumber going into the US marketplace.