Suddenly

//ˈsʌdn̩li//

Synonyms for "suddenly" (72 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (15)

Adverb(1 words)
all of a sudden
Prep_phrase(1 words)
at one stroke

Strong matches (21)

Adverb(1 words)
of a sudden

Related words (36)

Related word relations

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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derived

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derived from

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related to

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Translations

199 translations across 94 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • skielik adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Albanian

3 entries
  • befas adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • papritmas adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • papritur adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἄφνω adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Arabic

1 entries
  • فَجْأَةً adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܡܢ ܫܠܝ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • ܡܢ ܫܠܝܐ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Armenian

2 entries
  • հանկարծ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • հանկարծակի adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • birdən adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • birdən-birə adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • qəfildən adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • qəflətən adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • кинәт adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • ҡапыл adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • ра́птам adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Bengali

1 entries
  • হঠাৎ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • внеза́пно adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • ненаде́йно adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ဆိုးခနဲဆတ်ခနဲ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • ရုတ်တရက် adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Catalan

4 entries
  • de cop i volta adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • de sobte adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • sobtadament adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • tot d'una adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • لەپڕ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Chickasaw

1 entries
  • himó̠nali' adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 一吓 adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • 突然 adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • 突然間 /突然间 adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 突然 adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Coptic

4 entries
  • ϩⲛⲟⲩϣⲡⲉ ⲛϣⲱⲡ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • ϩⲛⲟⲩϣⲱⲡ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • ⲉⲝⲁⲡⲉⲓⲛⲁ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • ⲉⲝⲁⲡⲓⲛⲁ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Cornish

2 entries
  • a-dhesempis adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • distowgh adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Czech

2 entries
  • najednou adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • náhle adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Danish

1 entries
  • pludseligt adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Dutch

4 entries
  • ineens adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • pardoes adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • plots adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • plotseling adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • subite adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Estonian

1 entries
  • äkki adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Finnish

2 entries
  • yhtäkkiä adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • äkkiä adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

French

2 entries
  • soudainement adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • tout d'un coup adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Galician

3 entries
  • de socato adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • de súpeto adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • subitamente adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Ge'ez

4 entries
  • በምዕር adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • በፍጡን adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • ውእተ ፡ ጊዜ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • ይእተ ፡ ጊዜ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ანაზდად adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • მოულოდნელად adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • უეცრად adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • უცბად adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

German

3 entries
  • plötzlich adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • unversehens adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • urplötzlich (emph.) adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐍃 adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Greek

1 entries
  • ξαφνικά adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Hawaiian

4 entries
  • aia hoʻi adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • hikiwawe adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • honua adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • poni adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • פתאום adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अचानक adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • अनायास adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • एकाएक adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • सहसा adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • egyszer csak adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • hirtelen adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • brátt adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • hastarlega adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • skyndilega adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • snögglega adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Ido

1 entries
  • subite adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • mendadak adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • tiba-tiba adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • subito adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Irish

2 entries
  • de gheit adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • go tobann adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Italian

2 entries
  • all'improvviso adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • improvvisamente adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 突然 adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • аңдаусызда adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • кенет adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • кенеттен adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • thǖlīk adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ភ្លាមនោះ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • ស្រាប់តែ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Korean

2 entries
  • 갑자기 adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • 돌연 adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • pieški adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • ūmai adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Latin

3 entries
  • derepente adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • repente adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • subito adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Latvian

1 entries
  • pēkšņi adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • staiga adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • наеднаш adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • одеднаш adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Malay

1 entries
  • tiba-tiba adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • പെട്ടന്ന് adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • പെട്ടെന്ന് adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Maltese

1 entries
  • f’daqqa waħda adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡤᠠᡳᡨᠠᡳ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Marathi

1 entries
  • अचानक adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • гэнэт adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakarere adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Nepali

2 entries
  • अचानक adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • एक्कासि adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • med ett adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • plutselig adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Old Armenian

3 entries
  • յանկարծ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • յանկարծակի adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • յանկարծուստ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Old English

1 entries
  • fǣrlīċe adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Old French

1 entries
  • soudainnemant adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Old Georgian

3 entries
  • მეყსეულად adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • მეყჳსეულად adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • მუნქუეს adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Persian

1 entries
  • ناگهان adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • onverhofs adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Polish

4 entries
  • nagle adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • raptem adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • z nagła adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • znienacka adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • de repente adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • repentinamente adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • subitamente adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Romanian

4 entries
  • brusc adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • deodată adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • instantaneu adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • subit adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Russian

4 entries
  • вдруг adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • внеза́пно adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • неожи́данно adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • скоропостижно adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Samoan

1 entries
  • fa'afuase'i adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • सपदि adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • सहसा adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Sardinian

4 entries
  • improntùitu adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • indùna adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • setzi adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • tottindunu adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • gu grad adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • gu h-obann adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Sikkimese

1 entries
  • ཏོག་གི adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Slovak

1 entries
  • zrazu adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Slovene

1 entries
  • naênkrat adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Spanish

4 entries
  • de pronto adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • de repente adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • repentinamente adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • subitáneamente adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Swahili

1 entries
  • ghafula adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Swedish

3 entries
  • med ens adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • plötsligen adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • plötsligt adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Sylheti

1 entries
  • ꠀꠈꠔꠣ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Tamil

1 entries
  • திடீரென்று adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Telugu

1 entries
  • అకస్మాత్తుగా adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Thai

3 entries
  • จู่ๆ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • อยู่ดีๆ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • อยู่ๆ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཧོབ་ཏེ་ཁ་ལ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Tocharian B

2 entries
  • istak adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • ramer adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Tongan

1 entries
  • fakatuʻupakē adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Turkish

4 entries
  • aniden adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • ansızın adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • birden adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • birdenbire adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • знена́цька adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • несподівано adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • раптово adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Urdu

2 entries
  • اچانک adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • ناگہاں adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • bỗng adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • chợt adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • thình lình adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • đột ngột adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Welsh

1 entries
  • yn sydyn adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • אויףֿ adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • מיט אַ מאָל adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
  • פּלוצלינג adv (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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To our surprise, our son has suddenly shot up recently.

Source: tatoeba (18901)

I suddenly stood up and felt faint and light-headed.

Source: tatoeba (19616)

Suddenly, he changed the subject.

Source: tatoeba (19619)

I've suddenly started to gain weight.

Source: tatoeba (19620)

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