surprises

Strongest matches

• amazement
• astonishment
• awe
• bewilderment
• consternation
• curiosity
• disappointment
• jolt
• miracle
• revelation
• shock
• wonder

Strong matches

• abruptness
• attack
• bombshell
• disillusion
• epiphany
• eureka
• fortune
• godsend
• incredulity
• kick
• marvel
• miscalculation
• phenomenon
• portent
• precipitance
• precipitation
• precipitousness
• prodigy
• rarity
• start
• stupefaction
• suddenness
• thunderbolt
• whammy
• wonderment

Weak matches

• astoundment
• curveball
• eye-opener
• unexpected
• unforeseen

Strongest matches

• amaze
• astound
• awe
• bewilder
• confound
• confuse
• dazzle
• disconcert
• dismay
• dumbfound
• flabbergast
• overwhelm
• perplex
• rattle
• shock
• startle
• stun
• unsettle

Strong matches

• consternate
• daze
• discomfit
• electrify
• floor
• jar
• jolt
• nonplus
• petrify
• rock
• stagger
• stupefy

Weak matches

• blow away
• bowl over
• cause wonder
• leave aghast
• leave open-mouthed
• shake up
• spring something on
• strike dumb
• strike with awe
• take aback
• take one's breath away
• throw a curve

Strongest match

• startle

Strong matches

• ambush
• bushwhack
• capture
• discover
• grab
• grasp
• nab
• seize
• take
• waylay

Weak matches

• burst in on
• catch in the act
• catch off-balance
• catch off-guard
• catch red-handed
• catch unawares
• come down on
• drop in on
• lay for
• lie in wait
• spring on
• take by surprise