Sudden

//ˈsʌdn̩//

Synonyms for "sudden" (105 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (21)

abrupt aback abruptly accelerated acute all at once all of a sudden bang breakneck breathless brisk choppy dash dead dramatic electrifying emergent

Adjective(4 words)

abrupt acute astounding devil-may-care

Strong matches (32)

Related words (52)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

1 entries

instantaneous

Antonyms

3 entries

gradual unsudden

Related terms

4 entries

immediately speedy summary unceremonious

derived

27 entries

Yunnan sudden death syndrome a quick drop and a sudden stop a short drop and a sudden stop all of a sudden all of the sudden all on a sudden all the sudden of a sudden on a sudden sudden arrhythmic death syndrome sudden death sudden death syndrome sudden fiction sudden infant death syndrome sudden oak death

Showing 16 of 27 words.

related to

4 entries

fast quickly suddenly warning

similar

14 entries

abrupt choppy emergent explosive fast fulminant jerky sharp

Translations

98 translations across 57 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

αἰφνίδιος adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Arabic

2 entries

مُبَاغِت adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
مُفَاجِئ adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Armenian

2 entries

անակնկալ adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
հանկարծակի adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

qəfil adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Belarusian

1 entries

рапто́ўны adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Bulgarian

1 entries

внезапен adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Catalan

1 entries

sobtat adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Cebuano

1 entries

kalit adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

急劇 /急剧 adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
突然 adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Czech

1 entries

náhlý adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Danish

2 entries

brat adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
pludselig adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Dutch

2 entries

plotseling adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
plotselinge adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Esperanto

1 entries

subita adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Estonian

1 entries

äkiline adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Finnish

2 entries

yhtäkkinen adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
äkillinen adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

French

2 entries

soudain adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
subit adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Galician

2 entries

repentino adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
súbito adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

German

2 entries

jäh adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
plötzlich adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Greek

1 entries

ξαφνικός adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Hebrew

1 entries

פתאומי adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Hungarian

1 entries

hirtelen adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Icelandic

1 entries

skyndilegur adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Irish

1 entries

tobann adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Italian

1 entries

improvviso adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Japanese

1 entries

突然の adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Khmer

1 entries

ភ្លាម adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Korean

1 entries

급격한 adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Latgalian

2 entries

pieškys adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
ūms adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Latin

3 entries

repens adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
repentinus adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
subitus adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Latvian

3 entries

pēkšņs adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
spējš adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
straujš adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Livonian

1 entries

aššõ adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Macedonian

2 entries

нагол adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
ненадеен adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Malayalam

1 entries

പെട്ടെന്ന് adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Mongolian

2 entries

гэнэт adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
ᢉᠡᠨᠡᠳᠲᠡ adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Māori

3 entries

matawhawhati adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
ohotata adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
whawhati tata adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

brått adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
plutselig adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

brått adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
plutseleg adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Occitan

1 entries

subte adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Old English

1 entries

fǣrlīċ adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Polish

1 entries

nagły adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Portuguese

2 entries

repentino adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
súbito adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Romanian

4 entries

brusc adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
neașteptat adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
neprevăzut adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
subit adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Russian

2 entries

внеза́пный adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
неожи́данный adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Samoan

1 entries

fa'afuase'i adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

grad adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
obann adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

nágao adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
nȅnādan adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
ȉznenādan adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Slovak

1 entries

náhly adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Spanish

4 entries

brusco adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
repentino adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
subitáneo adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
súbito adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Swahili

1 entries

ghafla adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Swedish

2 entries

abrupt adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
plötslig adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Tagalog

4 entries

bigla adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
biglaan adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
kaagad adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
kaginsa-ginsa adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Telugu

2 entries

అకస్మాత్తుగా adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
హఠాత్తుగా adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Thai

1 entries

กะทันหัน adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Tongan

1 entries

fakatuʻupakē adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Turkish

1 entries

ani adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Ukrainian

3 entries

на́глий adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
несподі́ваний adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
рапто́вий adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Vietnamese

2 entries

thình lình adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
đột ngột adj (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Why are you telling me about hippos all of the sudden? I don't see the connection between that and your twelve red goldfishes.

Source: tatoeba (2385)

The sudden increase of cars is causing a large number of traffic accidents every day.

Source: tatoeba (18684)

A sudden illness prevented him from going there.

Source: tatoeba (19602)

A sudden illness forced her to cancel her appointment.

Source: tatoeba (19603)

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