Synonyms for surprising
sərˈpraɪ zɪŋ, sə-sur·pris·ing

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1. surprisingadjective

   Synonyms:
   unexpected, astonishing

2. surprisingadjective

   That is or are a surprise.

   A surprising number of people attended the rally.

   Synonyms:
   unexpected, astonishing

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1. surprisingadjective

   causing surprise or wonder or amazement

   "the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data"; "leaped up with surprising agility"; "she earned a surprising amount of money"

   Antonyms:
   unsurprising

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1. surprisingadjective

   Synonyms:
   astonishing, amazing, astounding, marvelous

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1. List of paraphrases for "surprising":

   astonishing, amazing, surprised, striking, startling, astounding, stunning, strange, staggering, unexpected, odd, remarkable, puzzling, sudden, surprise, shocking

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How to use surprising in a sentence?

1. Morgana Mongraw-Chaffin:

   We know that obesity is a risk factor for heart disease and early mortality and it is not surprising that obesity starting in the childbearing years would have repercussions for health later, obesity during pregnancy is associated with children being born large for gestational age and these children are more at risk for childhood obesity and diabetes later in life.

2. Penelope Good:

   It's surprising how savvy the parents are, with the Internet and everything, they know that the over-the-counter stuff is not going to work.

3. Doug Larson:

   The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   If Kate Manne are critical of a woman on certain grounds, Kate Manne should look toward Kate Manne favorite male politician and see whether he has similar features, it can actually be quite surprising how certain criticisms go under the radar when it's a male candidate.

5. Alisha Karabinus:

   What makes The Roblox platform fascinating is that The Roblox platform's relatively untapped as a target market for a lot of professionals, which is surprising because The Roblox platform's a cash-generating machine from top to bottom.