Synonyms for astonishing
əˈstɒn ɪ ʃɪŋas·ton·ish·ing

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1. astonishing

   Synonyms:
   amazing, wondrous, surprising, wonderful, striking, marvelous

   Antonyms:
   foreseen, unamazed, common, astonished at nothing, ordinary, natural, usual, everyday, trite

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1. amazing, astonishingadjective

   surprising greatly

   "she does an amazing amount of work"; "the dog was capable of astonishing tricks"

   Synonyms:
   amazing, stupefying, staggering, awesome, awful, astounding, awing, awe-inspiring

   Antonyms:
   unimpressive, unsurprising

2. astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefyingadjective

   so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm

   "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying"

   Synonyms:
   dumfounding, amazing, astounding, dumbfounding, staggering, stupefying

   Antonyms:
   unimpressive, unsurprising

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1. astonishingadjective

   Synonyms:
   amazing, astounding

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1. List of paraphrases for "astonishing":

   surprising, amazing, astounding, staggering, stunning, startling, striking, incredible, shocking, appalling, unbelievable, remarkable, extraordinary, impressive, perplexing, breathtaking, uncanny

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1. Charles Krauthammer:

   So number one they get their economy back and that's all they really wanted, but the second, the most astonishing thing is that in return they are not closing a single nuclear facility. Their entire nuclear infrastructure is intact.

2. Chris Scott:

   The images of neighborhoods across Europe reduced to rubble due to wartime air raids are a lasting reminder of the destruction that can be caused by man-made explosions, but the impact of these bombs way up in the Earth's atmosphere has never been realized until now. It is astonishing to see how the ripples caused by man-made explosions can affect the edge of space. Each raid released the energy of at least 300 lightning strikes. The sheer power involved has allowed us to quantify how events on the Earth's surface can also affect the ionosphere.

3. Mayur Karmarkar:

   The current developments in China in solar and wind are the highest in the world. Since it's policy driven, the plans made by government are generally achieved or exceeded year-on-year, the numbers are astonishing.

4. Don Gurnett:

   In a historical sense, the old idea that the solar wind will just be gradually whittled away as you go further into interstellar space is simply not true, we show with Voyager 2 -- and previously with Voyager 1 -- that there's a distinct boundary out there. It's just astonishing how fluids, including plasmas, form boundaries.

5. Edith Nesbitt:

   It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.