Need another word that means the same as “unexpected”? Find 5 synonyms and 30 related words for “unexpected” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Unexpected” are: unforeseen, unanticipated, unpredicted, out of the blue, without warning
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “unexpected” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| out of the blue | No longer fashionable. |
| unanticipated | Not anticipated- H.W.Glidden. Unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development. |
| unforeseen | Not anticipated- H.W.Glidden. Our insurance package enables you to protect yourself and your dependants against unforeseen circumstances. |
| unpredicted | Without warning or announcement- M.A.D.Howe. The unpredicted change of weather. |
| without warning | Serving to warn. |
| abrupt | Steep; precipitous. An abrupt canyon. |
| abruptly | Steeply; precipitously. The film ends rather abruptly. |
| accidental | Incidental; subsidiary. The location is accidental and contributes nothing to the poem. |
| accidentally | Of a minor or subordinate nature. They met accidentally. |
| amazingly | Very impressively or well. There are so many amazingly good clarets. |
| astonishing | So surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm. The dog was capable of astonishing tricks. |
| awesome | Extremely good; excellent. The awesome power of the atomic bomb. |
| casually | In a relaxed and informal way. I wouldn t introduce my family to people I was casually dating. |
| coincidence | The quality of occupying the same position or area in space. They met by coincidence. |
| curiously | With curiosity. The baby looked around curiously. |
| happen | Happen occur or be the case in the course of events or by chance Santayana. We just happened to meet Paul. |
| inadvertently | Without knowledge or intention. His name had been inadvertently omitted from the list. |
| incident | Liable to happen because of; resulting from. One person was stabbed in the incident. |
| incidentally | Introducing a different topic; in point of fact. Incidentally it was many months before the whole truth was discovered. |
| occur | (of a thought or idea) come into the mind of. Nothing occurred that seemed important. |
| overhear | Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers. We overheard the conversation at the next table. |
| startling | Very surprising, astonishing, or remarkable. Startling news. |
| surprisingly | In a way that causes surprise; unexpectedly. Perhaps surprisingly all survived. |
| unanticipated | Not anticipated. Unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development. |
| unconsciously | Without awareness. Unconsciously she has spent her whole life looking for a man who could live up to the ideal of her father. |
| unexpectedly | In a way that was not expected or regarded as likely. Tourist chiefs reported unexpectedly high visitor numbers. |
| unforeseen | Not anticipated. Our insurance package enables you to protect yourself and your dependants against unforeseen circumstances. |
| unheralded | Without warning or announcement- M.A.D.Howe. He was unwilling to make an unheralded entrance. |
| unintended | Not deliberate. The unintended consequences of people s actions. |
| unintentional | Done or made or performed with purpose and intent. An unintentional pun. |
| unintentionally | Not on purpose. She hit him unintentionally. |
| untoward | Contrary to your interests or welfare. Untoward remarks. |
| unusually | In a way that is not habitual or common. The name is spelt unusually. |
| unwitting | Not done with purpose or intent. An unwitting accomplice. |
| windfall | A large amount of money that is won or received unexpectedly. Members are to get an average 520 cash windfall for voting yes to the merger. |
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