It doesn't surprise me.
Source: tatoeba (1330)
Surprise
//səˈpɹaɪz//
Synonyms for "surprise" (175 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Strong matches (53)
Related words (87)
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Adjective(1 words)
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More general
14 entriesAntonyms
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Synonyms
7 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesat location
3 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived
14 entriesdistinct from
9 entrieshas first_subevent
6 entrieshas last_subevent
2 entrieshas prerequisite
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
has property
1 entrieshas subevent
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
is a
4 entriesmanner of
2 entriesmotivated by_goal
12 entriesrelated to
191 entriesShowing 16 of 191 words.
Translations
270 translations across 71 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- verras verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Albanian
2 entries- habi noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- surprizë noun (something not expected)
Arabic
4 entries- تَعَجُّب noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- دَهْشَة noun (something not expected)
- دَهْشَة noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- مُفَاجَأَة noun (something not expected)
Armenian
4 entries- անակնկալ noun (something not expected)
- անակնկալ noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
- զարմանք noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- անակնկալի բերել verb (do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise)
Asturian
2 entries- sorpresa noun (something not expected)
- sorprender verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Avar
1 entries- тамашальи noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- təəccüb noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- təəccübləndirmək verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Bangi
1 entries- kamwisa verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Belarusian
4 entries- здзіўле́нне noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- зьдзіўле́ньне noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- неспадзе́ўка noun (something not expected)
- сюрпры́з noun (something not expected)
Bulgarian
4 entries- изненада intj (expressing surprise, utters when one is surprised)
- изнена́да noun (something not expected)
- сюрпри́з noun (something not expected)
- удивле́ние noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
Catalan
3 entries- sorpresa noun (something not expected)
- sorpresa noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- sorprendre verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 意外 noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
- 驚喜 /惊喜 noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- 驚奇 /惊奇 noun (something not expected)
- 驚訝 /惊讶 noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
Czech
4 entries- překvapení noun (something not expected)
- překvapení noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- překvapit verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
- překvapovat verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Danish
4 entries- overraskelse noun (something not expected)
- overraskelse noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- overraskelses noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
- overraske verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Dutch
4 entries- verbazing noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- verbijstering noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- verrassing noun (something not expected)
- verrassing noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
Esperanto
2 entries- surprizo noun (something not expected)
- surprizi verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Estonian
3 entries- üllatus noun (something not expected)
- üllatama verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
- üllatama verb (do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise)
Finnish
4 entries- hämmästys noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- yllätys noun (something not expected)
- yllätys noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
- hämmästyttää verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
French
4 entries- surprise noun (something not expected)
- surprise noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
- faire une surprise à verb (do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise)
- surprendre verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Galician
2 entries- sorpresa noun (something not expected)
- sorprender verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Georgian
2 entries- გაკვირვება noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- სიურპრიზი noun (something not expected)
German
4 entries- Überraschung noun (something not expected)
- Überraschung noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- Überraschungs noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
- überraschen verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Greek
4 entries- έκπληξη noun (something not expected)
- έκπληξη noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- αιφνίδιος noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
- ξάφνιασμα noun (something not expected)
Hebrew
1 entries- הַפְתָּעָה noun (something not expected)
Hindi
2 entries- आश्चर्य noun (something not expected)
- विस्मय noun (something not expected)
Hungarian
4 entries- megdöbbenés noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- meglepetés noun (something not expected)
- meglepetésszerű noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
- meglepődés noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
Ido
1 entries- surprizar verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Indonesian
2 entries- kejutan noun (something not expected)
- mengejutkan verb (do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise)
Ingrian
1 entries- kummitus noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- تَعَجُّب noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- حِیْرَت noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- سورْپِرایْز noun (something not expected)
- سورْپِرایْز noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
Irish
4 entries- ionadh noun (something not expected)
- ionadh noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- breith amuigh ar verb (to take unawares, to come on to something unexpectedly)
- cuir ionadh ar verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Italian
4 entries- sorpresa noun (something not expected)
- sorpresa noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- stupore noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- meravigliare verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Japanese
4 entries- 驚き noun (something not expected)
- 驚き noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- 驚愕 noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- 驚かす verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- ìe intj (expressing surprise, utters when one is surprised)
Korean
3 entries- 놀라움 noun (something not expected)
- 놀라움 noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- 놀라게 하다 verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Latin
3 entries- inopīnātum noun (something not expected)
- stupefaciō verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
- stupeō verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Latvian
1 entries- pārsteigums noun (something not expected)
Lingala
1 entries- kamwisa verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- pśechwatanje noun (something not expected)
- pśechwatanje noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Iwwerraschung noun (something not expected)
Macedonian
4 entries- изненадување noun (something not expected)
- изненадување noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- изненади verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
- изненадува verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Malay
2 entries- kejutan noun (something not expected)
- mengejut noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
Marathi
1 entries- आश्चर्य noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
Māori
4 entries- māharotanga noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- urumaranga noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
- komutu verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
- komutu verb (do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise)
Norwegian
2 entries- overraske verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
- overraske verb (do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- overraskelse noun (something not expected)
- overraskelse noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- overraskelses noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
- overrasknings noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- overrasking noun (something not expected)
Occitan
2 entries- suspresa noun (something not expected)
- suspresa noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- شاشقینلق noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
Persian
2 entries- تعجب ساختن verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
- شگفتزده ساختن verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Äwarauschunk noun (something not expected)
Polish
4 entries- niespodzianka noun (something not expected)
- zaskoczenie noun (something not expected)
- zdziwienie noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- dziwić verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Portuguese
4 entries- surpresa noun (something not expected)
- surpresa noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
- surpresa noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- surpreender verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Romanian
4 entries- surprindere noun (something not expected)
- surprindere noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- surpriză noun (something not expected)
- surpriză noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
Russian
4 entries- неожи́данность noun (something not expected)
- сюрпри́з noun (something not expected)
- удивле́ние noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- заста́ть враспло́х verb (to take unawares, to come on to something unexpectedly)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- iongnadh noun (something not expected)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- iznenađénje noun (something not expected)
- iznenađénje noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- изненађе́ње noun (something not expected)
- изненађе́ње noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
Sindhi
1 entries- اچرج noun (something not expected)
Slovak
4 entries- prekvapenie noun (something not expected)
- prekvapenie noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- prekvapiť verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
- prekvapovať verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Slovene
4 entries- presenečenje noun (something not expected)
- presenečenje noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- presenetiti verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
- presenetiti verb (do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise)
Spanish
4 entries- sorpresa noun (something not expected)
- sorpresa noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
- sorpresa noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- sorprender verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Swedish
4 entries- förvåning noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- överraskning noun (something not expected)
- överraskning noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- överrasknings noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
Tamil
1 entries- ஆச்சரியம் noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
Telugu
1 entries- ఆశ్చర్యపరచు verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Thai
1 entries- ทำให้ประหลาดใจ verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Turkish
4 entries- sürpriz noun (something not expected)
- sürpriz noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
- sürpriz yapmak verb (do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise)
- şaşırtmak verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Ukrainian
4 entries- здивува́ння noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- несподіва́нка noun (something not expected)
- по́див noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- сюрпри́з noun (something not expected)
Urdu
3 entries- تَعَجُّب noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- حَیرَانْگِی noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
- حَیرَت noun (feeling that something unexpected has happened)
Vietnamese
3 entries- bất ngờ noun (something not expected)
- không ngờ noun (something not expected)
- ngạc nhiên verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Walloon
2 entries- ewaermint noun (something not expected)
- sbarmint noun (something not expected)
Welsh
3 entries- dal ar y gamfa verb (to take unawares, to come on to something unexpectedly)
- syfrdannu verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
- synnu verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
It's not much of a surprise, is it?
Source: tatoeba (1433)
It's a surprise.
Source: tatoeba (1567)
Jason was a taciturn individual, so it was always a real surprise when he said anything.
Source: tatoeba (1947)
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